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Central, Louisiana - 5 schools
An equity score of 33/100 ranks Central Community School District #144 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,628 per pupil, Central Community School District ranks #175 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,967
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$11,628
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Central Community School District operates 5 public schools serving 4,967 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,628 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 19 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Louisiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 39.1% local, 48.1% state, and 12.8% 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 33/100, ranked #144 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 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (14 AP courses district-wide), a 413.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 3.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.1% White, 21.2% African American, 10.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bellingrath Hills Elementary School, with a diversity index of 58.0/100.
Its largest campus is Central High School, enrolling 1,529 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Bellingrath Hills Elementary School, at 378 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Central High School accounts for 30.8% of all Central Community School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Central Community School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Central Community School District school enrollment varies 4.0× across entities
Central Community School District school enrollment ranges from 378 students (lowest) to 1,529 students (highest), a spread of 1,151 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.
Central Community School District student-counselor ratio is 413:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Central Community School District chronic absenteeism rate is 3.0% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Central Community School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Central Community School District?
Central Community School District has 5 schools, including 1 high, 2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 4,967 students.
How much does Central Community School District spend per student?
Central Community School District spends $11,628 per student. The district has an equity score of 33/100, ranking #144 in Louisiana.
What is the demographic composition of Central Community School District?
Central Community School District students are 64.1% White, 21.2% African American, 10.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Central Community School District?
Central Community School District has an equity score of 33/100, ranking #144 out of 175 districts in Louisiana.