NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools LA

Best-Resourced Schools in Natchitoches, LA

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10 public K-12 schools in Natchitoches from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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10
Schools
4,205
Students
50.5/100
Avg Resource Index
14.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Natchitoches has more public-school enrollment than 47% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Natchitoches sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Natchitoches's 10 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Natchitoches lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 37 to 1,188 students, a 32-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 53%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
88th percentile
Teacher staffing
55th percentile

Natchitoches Central High School accounts for 28.3% of all Natchitoches public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Natchitoches-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Natchitoches school enrollment varies 32× across entities

Natchitoches school enrollment ranges from 37 students (lowest) to 1,188 students (highest), a spread of 1,151 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Natchitoches reports 71.4% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Natchitoches student-teacher ratio is 14.9:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Natchitoches is typically wider than the Natchitoches-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Natchitoches Parish Technical and Career Center 81
2. Louisiana School for Math Science & the Arts 71
3. Natchitoches Magnet School 70
4. N.S.U. Middle Lab School 52
5. N.S.U. Elementary Lab School 47
6. Natchitoches Jr. High School 43
7. Natchitoches Central High School 42
8. East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle School 36
9. M.R. Weaver Elementary School 35
10. L.P. Vaughn Elementary & Middle School 28

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Natchitoches

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Natchitoches Central High School 55.5/100
  2. 2 N.S.U. Middle Lab School 46.6/100
  3. 3 N.S.U. Elementary Lab School 46.5/100
  4. 4 Louisiana School for Math Science & the Arts 45.0/100
  5. 5 M.R. Weaver Elementary School 35.6/100

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Which Natchitoches school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Natchitoches Parish Technical and Career Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Natchitoches schools in this federal-data comparison at 81/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Natchitoches, LA? ▼

Natchitoches has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,205 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.