At $19,057 per pupil, Lanier Charter School ranks #33 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
193
Total Enrollment
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$19,057
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lanier Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 193 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 East Baton Rouge Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,057 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 44.2% local, 30.6% state, and 25.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 234:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 62.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.9% African American, 7.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lanier Charter School, enrolling 234 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Lanier Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Lanier Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lanier Charter School a distant remainder — means Lanier Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Lanier Charter School reports 73.1% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Lanier Charter School student-counselor ratio is 234:1 — 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.
Lanier Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 62.8% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Lanier Charter School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 193 students.
How much does Lanier Charter School spend per student?
Lanier Charter School spends $19,057 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Lanier Charter School?
Lanier Charter School students are 91.9% African American, 7.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.