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Deridder, Louisiana - 12 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Beauregard Parish #128 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,818 per pupil, Beauregard Parish ranks #134 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,020
Total Enrollment
12
Schools
$13,818
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Beauregard Parish operates 12 public schools serving 6,020 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 combined, 3 elementary, 1 middle 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 Beauregard Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,818 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 40.3% local, 42.5% state, and 17.2% 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 #128 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 12 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 325.1:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 9.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.8% White, 9.6% African American, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is K.R. Hanchey Elementary School, with a diversity index of 65.4/100.
Its largest campus is South Beauregard High School, enrolling 775 students (14% of the district's total enrollment).
Beauregard Parish school enrollment varies 2.7× across entities
Beauregard Parish school enrollment ranges from 287 students (lowest) to 775 students (highest), a spread of 488 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.
Beauregard Parish has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 56.8% 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.
Beauregard Parish student-counselor ratio is 325:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Beauregard Parish is typically wider than the Beauregard Parish-aggregate figure suggests.
Beauregard Parish chronic absenteeism rate is 9.8% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.