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Crowley, Louisiana - 27 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Acadia Parish #127 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,449 per pupil, Acadia Parish ranks #166 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
9,601
Total Enrollment
27
Schools
$12,449
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Acadia Parish operates 27 public schools serving 9,601 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 14 combined, 5 elementary, 4 high, 4 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Acadia Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,449 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Louisiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 27.0% local, 45.8% state, and 27.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 39/100, ranked #127 of 175 in Louisiana against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 358.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.4% White, 25.8% African American, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Crowley Kindergarten School, with a diversity index of 65.8/100.
Its largest campus is Mire Elementary School, enrolling 662 students (7% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Amikids Acadiana, at 34 students, a 19x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Acadia Parish school enrollment varies 19× across entities
Acadia Parish school enrollment ranges from 34 students (lowest) to 662 students (highest), a spread of 628 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Acadia Parish has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 65.7% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Acadia Parish student-counselor ratio is 359:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Acadia Parish chronic absenteeism rate is 16.0% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Acadia Parish is typically wider than the Acadia Parish-aggregate figure suggests.