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Minden, Louisiana - 14 schools
An equity score of 29/100 ranks Webster Parish #151 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,568 per pupil, Webster Parish ranks #143 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,549
Total Enrollment
14
Schools
$13,568
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Webster Parish operates 14 public schools serving 5,549 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 combined, 4 elementary, 2 high, 2 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly 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 Webster Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,568 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 40.3% local, 42.0% state, and 17.6% 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 29/100, ranked #151 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.
a 439.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 48.1% White, 44.0% African American, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is North Webster High School, with a diversity index of 55.8/100.
Its largest campus is Minden High School, enrolling 689 students (14% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is North Webster Lower Elementary School, at 118 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Webster Parish school enrollment varies 5.8× across entities
Webster Parish school enrollment ranges from 118 students (lowest) to 689 students (highest), a spread of 571 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.
Webster Parish student-counselor ratio is 440:1 — 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.
Webster Parish chronic absenteeism rate is 20.4% — 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 Webster Parish is typically wider than the Webster Parish-aggregate figure suggests.