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Shreveport, Louisiana - 58 schools
An equity score of 36/100 ranks Caddo Parish #135 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,387 per pupil, Caddo Parish ranks #112 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
36,147
Total Enrollment
58
Schools
$14,387
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Caddo Parish operates 58 public schools serving 36,147 students, placing it among the larger districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 37 combined, 11 high, 6 middle, 4 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage across a sizeable portfolio 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 Caddo Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,387 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 45.2% local, 33.4% state, and 21.4% 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 #135 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 11 of 58 schools offering Advanced Placement (111 AP courses district-wide), a 340.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.3% African American, 22.2% White, 5.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Caddo Parish Magnet High School, with a diversity index of 66.0/100.
Its largest campus is Captain Shreve High School, enrolling 1,658 students (5% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Eighty-First Street Ece Center, at 35 students, a 47x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Caddo Parish school enrollment varies 47× across entities
Caddo Parish school enrollment ranges from 35 students (lowest) to 1,658 students (highest), a spread of 1,623 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.
Caddo Parish has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 68.5% 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.
Caddo Parish student-counselor ratio is 341:1 — 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 Caddo Parish is typically wider than the Caddo Parish-aggregate figure suggests.
Caddo Parish chronic absenteeism rate is 21.6% — 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 Caddo Parish is typically wider than the Caddo Parish-aggregate figure suggests.