An equity score of 40/100 ranks Lake Forest Elementary Charter School #119 of 176 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,394 per pupil, Lake Forest Elementary Charter School ranks #117 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Lake Forest Elementary Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 596 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Orleans Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,394 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 46.7% local, 31.5% state, and 21.9% 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 40/100, ranked #119 of 176 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.
a 691:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 9.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 82.5% African American, 11.9% Asian, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Lake Forest Elementary Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Lake Forest Elementary Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lake Forest Elementary Charter School a distant remainder — means Lake Forest Elementary Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Lake Forest Elementary Charter School reports 58.7% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Lake Forest Elementary Charter School student-counselor ratio is 691:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Lake Forest Elementary Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 9.0% — 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 Lake Forest Elementary Charter School'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 Lake Forest Elementary Charter School?
Lake Forest Elementary Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 596 students.
How much does Lake Forest Elementary Charter School spend per student?
Lake Forest Elementary Charter School spends $14,394 per student. The district has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #119 in Louisiana.
What is the demographic composition of Lake Forest Elementary Charter School?
Lake Forest Elementary Charter School students are 82.5% African American, 11.9% Asian, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Lake Forest Elementary Charter School?
Lake Forest Elementary Charter School has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #119 out of 176 districts in Louisiana.