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Monroe, Louisiana - 36 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Ouachita Parish #140 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,772 per pupil, Ouachita Parish ranks #155 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
19,136
Total Enrollment
36
Schools
$12,772
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ouachita Parish operates 36 public schools serving 19,136 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 22 combined, 9 middle, 4 elementary, 1 high 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 Ouachita Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,772 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 38.3% local, 45.6% state, and 16.1% 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 34/100, ranked #140 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 3 of 36 schools offering Advanced Placement (23 AP courses district-wide), a 365.2:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 12.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.1% White, 39.4% African American, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Riser Elementary School, with a diversity index of 67.9/100.
Its largest campus is West Monroe High School, enrolling 2,041 students (12% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School, at 167 students, a 12x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Ouachita Parish school enrollment varies 12× across entities
Ouachita Parish school enrollment ranges from 167 students (lowest) to 2,041 students (highest), a spread of 1,874 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Ouachita Parish has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 57.8% 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.
Ouachita Parish student-counselor ratio is 365:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Ouachita Parish chronic absenteeism rate is 12.5% — 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.