How equitable is school funding in Louisiana?

The average funding equity score for Louisiana school districts is 50 out of 100, compared to the national average of 49. This score considers per-pupil spending, need-adjusted spending, funding source diversity, and student-teacher ratios.

What does the equity score measure?

The equity score (0-100) measures four dimensions: per-pupil spending level, need-adjusted spending (rewarding districts that spend more where poverty is higher), funding diversity (less reliance on local property taxes), and resource access (lower student-teacher ratios).

Louisiana · NCES F-33 finance data

School Funding Equity in Louisiana

175 districts ranked by how equitably school funding is distributed, scored from NCES F-33 school finance data covering districts in all 50 states.

Compiled by PlainSchools Editorial, Independent education-data publisher · June 10, 2026

The equity picture in one line

Louisiana School for Math Science & the Arts ranks first in Louisiana for funding equity at 96/100, in a state whose districts average 50 against a national average of 49.

96/100
top score (Louisiana School for Math Science & the Arts): $31,316
per-pupil spending in the top district: 30
districts scoring 70 or higher: 26
districts below 30

#	District	Enrollment	$/Pupil	Free Lunch	Local Rev %	Score
1	Louisiana School for Math Science & the Arts	275	$31,316	7.3%	8.7%	96
2	New Orleans Center for Creative Arts	230	$38,202	32.6%	3.9%	93
3	Madison Parish	1,379	$20,872	76.6%	27.7%	92
4	Renew Scitech Academy at Laurel	581	$31,145	86.7%	27.5%	91
5	East Carroll Parish	812	$18,461	88.5%	25.7%	88
6	Tensas Parish	347	$24,720	82.7%	37.8%	84
7	Renew Schaumburg Elementary	651	$19,013	81.0%	24.4%	83
8	Lord Beaconsfield Landry-Oliver Perry Walker High	675	$16,547	97.5%	34.4%	81
9	Success Preparatory Academy	486	$18,640	73.9%	32.8%	81
10	Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School	386	$17,683	78.0%	36.6%	80
11	City of Bogalusa School District	1,786	$19,673	76.3%	27.2%	78
12	Caldwell Parish	1,502	$17,040	63.6%	28.0%	78
13	Catahoula Parish	1,050	$17,071	56.7%	27.8%	78
14	Dr Martin Luther King Charter School for Sci Tech	853	$16,743	85.2%	34.6%	77
15	Foundation Preparatory Academy	227	$27,211	96.5%	29.6%	77
16	Renew Dolores T Aaron Elementary	721	$17,168	84.6%	26.8%	76
17	The Net2 High School	244	$17,735	77.5%	37.2%	75
18	Orleans Parish	2,040	$45,736	84.7%	61.2%	73
19	Morris Jeff Community School	1,575	$21,499	56.5%	44.0%	73
20	Red River Parish	1,412	$22,361	83.4%	60.9%	73
21	Cameron Parish	1,152	$26,574	37.6%	76.6%	73
22	Concordia Parish	3,192	$15,309	77.9%	31.0%	72
23	Bienville Parish	1,971	$20,542	72.2%	66.2%	72
24	Mcdonogh 35 Senior High School	859	$22,312	70.0%	36.6%	72
25	Rosenwald Collegiate Academy	338	$16,005	82.8%	35.5%	72
26	Franklin Parish	2,850	$15,306	73.4%	24.7%	71
27	Kipp Booker T. Washington	765	$17,420	87.7%	48.7%	71
28	Iberville Parish	4,498	$20,341	70.0%	68.8%	70
29	Kipp Believe	767	$17,715	91.5%	48.9%	70
30	New Orleans Accelerated High School	300	$23,347	79.7%	31.0%	70
31	Kipp East Community Primary	1,064	$16,994	85.6%	44.5%	69
32	St. James Parish	3,537	$22,445	57.1%	72.5%	68
33	Akili Academy of New Orleans	589	$17,624	88.3%	37.1%	68
34	Rsd-Capitol Education Foundation	375	$16,429	70.7%	38.2%	67
35	St. Charles Parish	9,496	$23,457	43.4%	79.2%	66
36	Belle Chasse Academy	893	$18,610	19.6%	3.3%	66
37	Kipp Central City	869	$15,787	83.3%	45.1%	66
38	John F. Kennedy High School	584	$16,325	83.9%	48.3%	66
39	Lafayette Academy Charter School	577	$16,253	96.7%	34.5%	66
40	Collegiate Baton Rouge	476	$17,467	91.8%	46.2%	66
41	Calcasieu Parish	29,523	$20,543	59.8%	54.6%	65
42	G W Carver Collegiate Academy	768	$15,112	89.6%	35.2%	65
43	City of Baker School District	1,109	$16,972	57.8%	36.9%	64
44	Livingston Collegiate Academy	607	$14,986	85.7%	35.2%	64
45	Kipp Leadership	894	$15,633	88.4%	46.2%	63
46	Sci Academy	638	$15,315	88.2%	35.6%	63
47	Mildred Osborne Charter School	569	$17,463	87.9%	35.4%	63
48	New Harmony High Institute	369	$19,111	40.9%	61.6%	63
49	Paul Habans Charter School	877	$16,006	80.6%	38.9%	62
50	Voices for International Business & Education	411	$16,882	49.6%	40.3%	62
51	Jcfa-East	229	$18,655	57.2%	40.8%	61
52	St. John the Baptist Parish	5,382	$19,773	41.8%	62.1%	60
53	Dwight D. Eisenhower Charter School	705	$15,558	61.8%	34.6%	60
54	West Baton Rouge Parish	4,332	$17,351	73.3%	66.3%	59
55	Allen Parish	4,136	$14,064	59.0%	34.0%	59
56	Jackson Parish	2,161	$15,363	64.9%	40.3%	59
57	Claiborne Parish	1,731	$15,633	78.9%	33.0%	59
58	Recovery School District-Lde	1,007	$14,824	90.0%	32.2%	59
59	Frederick a. Douglass High School	694	$15,565	85.4%	48.4%	59
60	Einstein Charter School at Village De L'est	508	$16,072	59.1%	35.5%	59
61	City of Monroe School District	8,646	$14,890	79.2%	37.7%	58
62	Natchitoches Parish	5,527	$15,353	75.6%	42.8%	58
63	St. Helena Parish	1,119	$13,828	89.5%	27.7%	58
64	Geo Next Generation High School	388	$17,160	81.7%	48.9%	58
65	St. Landry Parish	12,554	$14,050	71.6%	28.6%	57
66	Kipp Ernest N. Dutch Morial	1,068	$14,416	85.0%	45.2%	57
67	Geo Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge	771	$17,153	82.4%	50.2%	57
68	Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest	501	$14,868	67.3%	38.0%	57
69	International School of Louisiana	1,190	$12,951	45.2%	2.2%	56
70	Harriet Tubman Charter School	932	$18,264	73.6%	44.5%	56
71	Geo Prep Mid-City of Greater Baton Rouge	666	$16,970	94.0%	47.8%	56
72	Plaquemines Parish	3,858	$18,630	70.7%	62.7%	55
73	Samuel J Green Charter School	530	$23,432	76.0%	52.1%	55
74	Encore Academy	458	$17,399	73.4%	38.0%	55
75	Mcdonogh 42 Charter School	421	$15,510	80.3%	34.1%	55
76	St. Landry Primary School Incl.	256	$15,432	73.0%	24.9%	55
77	Vernon Parish	9,037	$14,058	47.8%	27.4%	54
78	Winn Parish	2,012	$15,294	63.4%	28.1%	54
79	East Feliciana Parish	1,766	$14,286	64.0%	39.5%	53
80	Eleanor Mcmain Secondary School	864	$14,466	62.7%	39.7%	53
81	Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge	450	$15,523	55.6%	54.4%	53
82	Lycee Francais De La Nouvelle-Orleans	1,038	$15,060	34.1%	42.3%	52
83	Langston Hughes Charter Academy	796	$19,465	81.0%	50.6%	52
84	Homer Plessy Community School	779	$14,295	55.2%	35.5%	52
85	Lincoln Preparatory School	691	$13,964	74.2%	42.4%	52
86	Desoto Parish	5,126	$18,202	51.9%	72.4%	51
87	Sabine Parish	4,141	$14,516	61.0%	38.6%	51
88	Morehouse Parish	3,381	$14,851	5.5%	31.2%	51
89	Union Parish	1,911	$14,626	46.6%	41.9%	51
90	The Net Charter High School	293	$16,169	77.8%	38.1%	51
91	Washington Parish	5,019	$13,638	56.5%	22.1%	50
92	Wilson Charter School	712	$13,614	67.3%	35.4%	50
93	Pierre a. Capdau Charter School	507	$15,808	75.1%	37.9%	50
94	Vermilion Parish	9,708	$13,778	62.6%	33.5%	49
95	Evangeline Parish	5,705	$13,656	60.6%	25.1%	49
96	Phillis Wheatley Community School	812	$18,124	74.6%	49.2%	49
97	St. Bernard Parish	8,277	$13,983	65.9%	38.9%	48
98	Pointe Coupee Parish	2,710	$15,010	73.5%	53.5%	48
99	Yacs at Lawrence D. Crocker	418	$15,197	93.8%	40.9%	48
100	Rapides Parish	22,991	$13,896	74.5%	38.9%	47
101	Assumption Parish	3,031	$14,230	65.0%	37.4%	47
102	V. B. Glencoe Charter School	494	$11,911	64.4%	3.9%	47
103	Arthur Ashe Charter School	831	$17,762	78.1%	51.1%	46
104	Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence	420	$15,344	72.1%	40.8%	46
105	Hynes Parkview	490	$15,485	69.6%	43.3%	45
106	New Vision Learning Academy	223	$14,306	50.2%	0.4%	45
107	Terrebonne Parish	15,772	$15,863	64.6%	44.6%	44
108	New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics Hs	579	$14,008	82.6%	43.5%	44
109	Democracy Prep Baton Rouge	528	$16,010	82.0%	45.1%	44
110	Edward Hynes Charter School - Uno	402	$18,623	41.3%	46.4%	44
111	West Carroll Parish	1,863	$13,526	69.2%	27.1%	43
112	Sarah Towles Reed High School	377	$14,374	65.0%	39.5%	43
113	Jefferson Davis Parish	5,595	$13,526	61.4%	36.1%	42
114	Lafourche Parish	14,208	$15,029	56.5%	41.7%	41
115	New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy	907	$13,673	60.0%	46.1%	41
116	Js Clark Leadership Academy	301	$13,307	93.4%	38.0%	41
117	Einstein Charter Middle Sch at Sarah Towles Reed	227	$13,951	63.0%	39.5%	41
118	East Baton Rouge Parish	43,253	$15,604	70.4%	54.2%	40
119	Richland Parish	2,885	$13,709	68.9%	37.5%	40
120	Lasalle Parish	2,637	$13,125	29.8%	38.4%	40
121	Warren Easton Charter Foundation Inc.	1,112	$15,781	46.0%	50.9%	40
122	Southern University Lab School	836	$6,567	57.0%	21.6%	40
123	Delhi Charter School	673	$12,001	55.0%	4.2%	40
124	Lake Forest Elementary Charter School	596	$14,247	58.7%	46.7%	40
125	Fannie C Williams Charter School	481	$14,847	76.7%	44.2%	40
126	Jefferson Parish	50,628	$16,675	59.6%	54.4%	39
127	Acadia Parish	9,601	$12,449	65.7%	27.0%	39
128	Beauregard Parish	6,020	$13,818	56.8%	40.3%	39
129	Impact Charter School	442	$12,596	79.4%	38.9%	38
130	St. Mary Parish	8,054	$13,564	70.8%	42.2%	37
131	St. Martin Parish	7,537	$12,469	62.6%	32.9%	37
132	Lincoln Parish	5,839	$15,391	56.8%	52.6%	37
133	West Feliciana Parish	2,245	$18,171	39.3%	67.6%	37
134	Delta Charter Group	498	$12,772	56.2%	39.0%	37
135	Caddo Parish	36,147	$14,387	68.5%	45.2%	36
136	Avoyelles Parish	5,080	$12,612	60.0%	25.0%	36
137	Esperanza Charter School	562	$12,701	96.8%	37.5%	36
138	Ascension Parish	24,769	$14,042	47.6%	53.9%	35
139	Martin Behrman Elementary School	918	$11,676	96.4%	40.4%	35
140	Ouachita Parish	19,136	$12,772	57.8%	38.3%	34
141	Iberia Parish	11,768	$12,027	72.0%	35.1%	34
142	Bricolage Academy	848	$16,180	45.0%	45.6%	34
143	Bossier Parish	23,918	$13,534	54.1%	43.0%	33
144	Central Community School District	4,967	$11,628	46.1%	39.1%	33
145	Lake Charles Charter Academy Foundation Inc.	989	$13,942	74.9%	56.7%	33
146	Livingston Parish	27,731	$11,995	59.2%	30.1%	32
147	Robert Russa Moton Charter School	425	$13,262	80.2%	40.2%	32
148	Tangipahoa Parish	20,700	$12,458	65.6%	39.2%	31
149	Grant Parish	2,971	$13,929	69.1%	54.3%	30
150	St. Tammany Parish	39,559	$14,024	42.8%	51.9%	29
151	Webster Parish	5,549	$13,568	47.7%	40.3%	29
152	Lsu Laboratory School	1,497	$11,073	-	51.3%	29
153	Athlos Academy of Jefferson Parish	1,194	$13,840	74.5%	49.4%	29
154	Avoyelles Public Charter School	709	$8,738	49.6%	9.9%	29
155	D'arbonne Woods Charter School	1,003	$11,301	44.8%	39.8%	27
156	Advantage Charter Academy	509	$13,657	92.9%	50.4%	27
157	Alice M Harte Elementary Charter School	792	$12,559	56.6%	38.4%	23
158	Community School for Apprenticeship Learning Inc.	581	$12,469	74.5%	53.2%	23
159	Zachary Community School District	5,853	$12,545	49.5%	45.8%	22
160	Edna Karr High School	1,134	$12,713	62.0%	43.4%	22
161	Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy	741	$15,015	27.1%	62.0%	21
162	Northeast Claiborne Charter	209	$7,583	86.1%	33.5%	21
163	Benjamin Franklin High School	1,034	$12,031	24.6%	60.4%	20
164	Audubon Charter School	862	$12,044	32.7%	49.0%	20
165	Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview	722	$11,348	26.0%	50.7%	20
166	Audubon Charter Gentilly	351	$11,378	54.1%	42.7%	19
167	Lafayette Parish	32,377	$11,837	57.5%	51.5%	18
168	Lake Charles College Prep	574	$12,923	60.5%	58.6%	18
169	Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy	2,235	$10,615	67.8%	40.1%	17
170	Willow Charter Academy	654	$10,642	95.0%	45.5%	17
171	University View Academy Inc. (Frm La Connections)	3,928	$9,787	53.9%	45.5%	14
172	Lafayette Charter Foundation	1,350	$10,953	73.1%	47.0%	12
173	Iberville Charter Academy	654	$12,976	48.2%	63.4%	12
174	The Willow School	1,954	$11,395	14.2%	57.9%	9
175	Acadiana Renaissance Charter Academy	1,878	$9,683	30.6%	50.8%	6

How the Equity Score Works

The equity score (0-100) evaluates four dimensions of school funding fairness. According to the National Center for Education Statistics F-33 Finance Survey (FY 2021-22, released in 2024), which covers more than 17,000 districts nationwide, local property wealth drives most of the spending differences the score captures; our methodology documents each weight:

Per-Pupil Spending (0-25)

Higher spending relative to peers

Need-Adjusted Spending (0-25)

Spending weighted by poverty level, rewards districts that spend more where need is greatest

Funding Diversity (0-25)

Less reliance on local property taxes, more state/federal support

Resource Access (0-25)

Lower student-teacher ratios = more individualized attention

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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.