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Homer, Louisiana - 6 schools
An equity score of 59/100 ranks Claiborne Parish #57 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,633 per pupil, Claiborne Parish ranks #78 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,731
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$15,633
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Claiborne Parish operates 6 public schools serving 1,731 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary 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 Claiborne Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,633 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Louisiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 33.0% local, 44.7% state, and 22.3% 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 59/100, ranked #57 of 175 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 247:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 15.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.1% African American, 27.1% White, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Haynesville Jr./Sr. High School, with a diversity index of 52.3/100.
Its largest campus is Homer Elementary School, enrolling 339 students (21% of the district's total enrollment).
Homer Elementary School accounts for 19.6% of all Claiborne Parish student enrollment
That concentration means Claiborne Parish-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Claiborne Parish has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 78.9% 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 — including this one — 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.
Claiborne Parish student-counselor ratio is 247:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Claiborne Parish chronic absenteeism rate is 15.8% — 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 Claiborne Parish is typically wider than the Claiborne Parish-aggregate figure suggests.