An equity score of 62/100 ranks West Baton Rouge Parish #47 of 176 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,984 per pupil, West Baton Rouge Parish ranks #41 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,332
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$17,984
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
West Baton Rouge Parish operates 10 public schools serving 4,332 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 3 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 West Baton Rouge Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,984 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 66.3% local, 20.5% state, and 13.2% 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 62/100, ranked #47 of 176 in Louisiana against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (16 AP courses district-wide), a 356:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.8% African American, 33.2% White, 8.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Caneview K-8 School, with a diversity index of 60.9/100.
Its largest campus is Brusly High School, enrolling 734 students (18% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Port Allen Middle School, at 204 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Brusly High School accounts for 16.9% of all West Baton Rouge Parish student enrollment
That concentration means West Baton Rouge Parish-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
West Baton Rouge Parish school enrollment varies 3.6× across entities
West Baton Rouge Parish school enrollment ranges from 204 students (lowest) to 734 students (highest), a spread of 530 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.
West Baton Rouge Parish reports 70.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
West Baton Rouge Parish student-counselor ratio is 356:1 — 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.
West Baton Rouge Parish chronic absenteeism rate is 21.3% — 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 West Baton Rouge Parish is typically wider than the West Baton Rouge Parish-aggregate figure suggests.