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Livingston, Louisiana - 43 schools
An equity score of 32/100 ranks Livingston Parish #146 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,995 per pupil, Livingston Parish ranks #171 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
27,731
Total Enrollment
43
Schools
$11,995
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Livingston Parish operates 43 public schools serving 27,731 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 26 combined, 7 middle, 6 high, 4 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Livingston Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,995 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 30.1% local, 46.1% state, and 23.7% 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 32/100, ranked #146 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 10 of 43 schools offering Advanced Placement (111 AP courses district-wide), a 530.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.4% White, 13.8% Hispanic or Latino, 13.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Denham Springs Elementary School, with a diversity index of 68.0/100.
Its largest campus is Denham Springs High School, enrolling 2,385 students (9% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Maurepas School, at 301 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Livingston Parish school enrollment varies 7.9× across entities
Livingston Parish school enrollment ranges from 301 students (lowest) to 2,385 students (highest), a spread of 2,084 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.
Livingston Parish has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 59.2% 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 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.
Livingston Parish student-counselor ratio is 531:1 — 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.
Livingston Parish chronic absenteeism rate is 16.3% — 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 Livingston Parish is typically wider than the Livingston Parish-aggregate figure suggests.