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Marksville, Louisiana - 10 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Avoyelles Parish #114 of 176 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,790 per pupil, Avoyelles Parish ranks #135 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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 $13,790 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 42/100, ranked #114 of 176 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 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.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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
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.
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.
This district has moderate funding equity. There may be room to improve funding diversity or resource allocation.
Average demographic composition across 10 schools in Avoyelles Parish.
Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.
Average Simpson diversity index across Avoyelles Parish's schools, above the Louisiana average of 43.9.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.
| School | Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Bunkie Magnet High School | 669 |
| Marksville High School | 640 |
| Marksville Elementary School | 625 |
| Plaucheville Elementary School | 582 |
| Lafargue Elementary School | 581 |
| Avoyelles High School | 465 |
| La School for Ag Science Charter | 412 |
| Bunkie Elementary School | 368 |
| Cottonport Elementary | 255 |
| Riverside Elementary School | 197 |
The Louisiana districts closest to this one in total enrollment.
| District | Enrollment | Spending | Funding Mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desoto Parish | Similar size | Higher spending | More locally funded |
| Washington Parish | Similar size | Similar spending | Similar funding mix |
| Central Community School District | Similar size | Similar spending | More locally funded |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | Similar size | Higher spending | More locally funded |
| Natchitoches Parish | Similar size | Similar spending | More locally funded |
Comparisons are relative to Avoyelles Parish's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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Compare vs Jefferson Parish →Avoyelles Parish has 10 schools, including 10 combined. Total enrollment is 5,080 students.
Avoyelles Parish spends $13,790 per student. The district has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #114 in Louisiana.
Avoyelles Parish students are 46.7% African American, 45.3% White, 0.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 10 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
Avoyelles Parish has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #114 out of 176 districts in Louisiana.
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