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Covington, Louisiana - 55 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks St. Tammany Parish #134 of 176 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,823 per pupil, St. Tammany Parish ranks #104 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
St. Tammany Parish operates 55 public schools serving 39,559 students, placing it among the larger districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 23 combined, 14 elementary, 10 middle, 8 high schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage across a sizeable portfolio 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 St. Tammany Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,823 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 51.9% local, 38.3% state, and 9.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 34/100, ranked #134 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 8 of 55 schools offering Advanced Placement (56 AP courses district-wide), a 550.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 8.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 58.5% White, 22.7% African American, 12.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is E. E. Lyon Elementary School, with a diversity index of 70.8/100.
Its largest campus is Mandeville High School, enrolling 2,006 students (6% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Little Pearl Elementary School, at 98 students, a 20x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
St. Tammany Parish school enrollment ranges from 98 students (lowest) to 2,006 students (highest), a spread of 1,908 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
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.
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.
This district scores below average on funding equity. High reliance on local revenue or lower spending may contribute.
Average demographic composition across 55 schools in St. Tammany Parish.
Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.
Average Simpson diversity index across St. Tammany Parish's schools, above the Louisiana average of 43.9.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.
The Louisiana districts closest to this one in total enrollment.
| District | Enrollment | Spending | Funding Mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caddo Parish | Similar size | Similar spending | Similar funding mix |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | Similar size | Similar spending | Similar funding mix |
| Lafayette Parish | Similar size | Lower spending | Similar funding mix |
| Calcasieu Parish | Smaller | Higher spending | Similar funding mix |
| Jefferson Parish | Larger | Similar spending | Similar funding mix |
Comparisons are relative to St. Tammany Parish's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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Compare vs Jefferson Parish →St. Tammany Parish has 55 schools, including 8 high, 14 elementary, 23 combined, 10 middle. Total enrollment is 39,559 students.
St. Tammany Parish spends $14,823 per student. The district has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #134 in Louisiana.
St. Tammany Parish students are 58.5% White, 22.7% African American, 12.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% Asian, averaged across 55 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
St. Tammany Parish has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #134 out of 176 districts in Louisiana.
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