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Ruston, Louisiana - 1 schools
136
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Howard School operates 1 public schools serving 136 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Lincoln Parish.
and 10.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.7% African American, 44.0% White, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Howard School, enrolling 75 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Howard School accounts for 55.1% of all Howard School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Howard School a distant remainder — means Howard School-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.
Howard School chronic absenteeism rate is 10.7% — 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.
Howard School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 136 students.
What is the demographic composition of Howard School?
Howard School students are 50.7% African American, 44.0% White, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.