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Farmerville, Louisiana - 3 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Union Parish #89 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,626 per pupil, Union Parish ranks #107 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,911
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,626
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Union Parish operates 3 public schools serving 1,911 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Union Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,626 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 41.9% local, 35.7% state, and 22.4% 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 51/100, ranked #89 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 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 470:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 10.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 45.4% White, 37.4% African American, 14.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Union Parish High School, with a diversity index of 61.9/100.
Its largest campus is Union Parish High School, enrolling 579 students (37% of the district's total enrollment).
Union Parish High School accounts for 30.3% of all Union Parish student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Union Parish-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Union Parish student-counselor ratio is 470:1 — 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.
Union Parish chronic absenteeism rate is 10.6% — 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.
Union Parish has 3 schools, including 3 combined. Total enrollment is 1,911 students.
How much does Union Parish spend per student?
Union Parish spends $14,626 per student. The district has an equity score of 51/100, ranking #89 in Louisiana.
What is the demographic composition of Union Parish?
Union Parish students are 45.4% White, 37.4% African American, 14.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Union Parish?
Union Parish has an equity score of 51/100, ranking #89 out of 175 districts in Louisiana.