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Marksville, Louisiana - 10 schools
An equity score of 36/100 ranks Avoyelles Parish #136 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,612 per pupil, Avoyelles Parish ranks #159 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,080
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$12,612
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Avoyelles Parish operates 10 public schools serving 5,080 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 10 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly 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 Avoyelles Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,612 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 25.0% local, 47.4% state, and 27.6% 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 36/100, ranked #136 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 546.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.7% African American, 45.3% White, 0.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Marksville High School, with a diversity index of 59.9/100.
Its largest campus is Bunkie Magnet High School, enrolling 669 students (14% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Riverside Elementary School, at 197 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Avoyelles Parish school enrollment varies 3.4× across entities
Avoyelles Parish school enrollment ranges from 197 students (lowest) to 669 students (highest), a spread of 472 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Avoyelles Parish has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 60.0% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Avoyelles Parish student-counselor ratio is 547:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Avoyelles Parish chronic absenteeism rate is 17.1% — 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 Avoyelles Parish is typically wider than the Avoyelles Parish-aggregate figure suggests.