An equity score of 72/100 ranks Bienville Parish #24 of 176 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,059 per pupil, Bienville Parish ranks #17 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,971
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$21,059
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bienville Parish operates 8 public schools serving 1,971 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 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 Bienville Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,059 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 19 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Louisiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 66.2% local, 18.1% state, and 15.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 72/100, ranked #24 of 176 in Louisiana against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 265.2:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 11.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 58.4% African American, 37.3% White, 1.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ringgold Elementary School, with a diversity index of 56.0/100.
Its largest campus is Castor High School, enrolling 417 students (23% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Bienville High School, at 7 students, a 60x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Castor High School accounts for 21.2% of all Bienville Parish student enrollment
That concentration means Bienville Parish-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates 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.
Bienville Parish school enrollment varies 60× across entities
Bienville Parish school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 417 students (highest), a spread of 410 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
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.
Bienville Parish student-counselor ratio is 265:1 — 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 Bienville Parish is typically wider than the Bienville Parish-aggregate figure suggests.
Bienville Parish chronic absenteeism rate is 11.5% — 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.