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Houma, Louisiana - 30 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Terrebonne Parish #107 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,863 per pupil, Terrebonne Parish ranks #73 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
15,772
Total Enrollment
30
Schools
$15,863
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Terrebonne Parish operates 30 public schools serving 15,772 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 19 combined, 5 elementary, 4 high, 2 middle 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 Terrebonne Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,863 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 44.6% local, 39.0% state, and 16.4% 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 44/100, ranked #107 of 175 in Louisiana against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 3 of 30 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 492.1:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 28.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 42.3% White, 24.0% African American, 14.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Grand Caillou Elementary School, with a diversity index of 78.9/100.
Its largest campus is Terrebonne High School, enrolling 1,346 students (9% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is School for Exceptional Children, at 23 students, a 59x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Terrebonne Parish school enrollment varies 59× across entities
Terrebonne Parish school enrollment ranges from 23 students (lowest) to 1,346 students (highest), a spread of 1,323 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Terrebonne Parish has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 64.6% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Terrebonne Parish student-counselor ratio is 492:1 — 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.
Terrebonne Parish chronic absenteeism rate is 28.9% — 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 Terrebonne Parish is typically wider than the Terrebonne Parish-aggregate figure suggests.