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).

School Funding Equity in Louisiana

Reviewed by PlainSchools Editorial, K12 Schools Editorial Team · June 4, 2026

176 districts ranked by equity score — how equitably is school funding distributed? Equity is computed from NCES F-33 school finance data covering districts in all 50 states. See our methodology.

State Avg Score

National Avg Score

Highly Equitable (70+)

Low Equity (<30)

#	District	Enrollment	$/Pupil	Free Lunch	Local Rev %	Score
1	Louisiana School for Math Science & the Arts	275	$32,864	7.3%	8.7%	95
2	ReNEW SciTech Academy at Laurel	581	$31,145	86.7%	27.5%	93
3	New Orleans Center for Creative Arts	230	$38,681	32.6%	3.9%	93
4	Office of Juvenile Justice	370	$160,317	57.7%	2.1%	89
5	Foundation Preparatory Academy	227	$27,553	96.5%	29.6%	86
6	Madison Parish	1,379	$24,668	76.6%	27.7%	85
7	East Carroll Parish	812	$18,960	88.5%	25.7%	85
8	ReNEW Schaumburg Elementary	651	$19,131	81.0%	24.4%	84
9	Lincoln Preparatory School	691	$37,396	74.2%	42.4%	83
10	City of Bogalusa School District	1,786	$21,538	76.3%	27.2%	81
11	Success Preparatory Academy	486	$18,939	73.9%	32.8%	80
12	Tensas Parish	347	$26,581	82.7%	37.8%	78
13	Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School	386	$17,683	78.0%	36.6%	77
14	Lord Beaconsfield Landry-Oliver Perry Walker High	675	$16,816	97.5%	34.4%	76
15	Cameron Parish	1,152	$49,678	37.6%	76.6%	75
16	RSD-Capitol Education Foundation	375	$19,106	70.7%	38.2%	75
17	Concordia Parish	3,192	$16,731	77.9%	31.0%	73
18	Caldwell Parish	1,502	$17,527	63.6%	28.0%	73
19	ReNew Dolores T Aaron Elementary	721	$17,168	84.6%	26.8%	73
20	Catahoula Parish	1,050	$18,113	56.7%	27.8%	72
21	McDonogh 35 Senior High School	859	$22,323	70.0%	36.6%	72
22	Iberville Parish	4,498	$23,805	70.0%	68.8%	71
23	Bienville Parish	1,971	$23,632	72.2%	66.2%	71
24	Dr Martin Luther King Charter School for Sci Tech	853	$16,758	85.2%	34.6%	71
25	Rosenwald Collegiate Academy	338	$16,044	82.8%	35.5%	70
26	St. Landry Primary School Incl.	256	$19,082	73.0%	24.9%	69
27	Morris Jeff Community School	1,575	$21,510	56.5%	44.0%	68
28	Akili Academy of New Orleans	589	$17,647	88.3%	37.1%	68
29	Collegiate Baton Rouge	476	$17,510	91.8%	46.2%	68
30	St. James Parish	3,537	$24,636	57.1%	72.5%	67
31	Red River Parish	1,412	$32,152	83.4%	60.9%	67
32	KIPP Believe	767	$17,715	91.5%	48.9%	67
33	New Orleans Accelerated High School	300	$23,823	79.7%	31.0%	67
34	City of Baker School District	1,109	$19,817	57.8%	36.9%	66
35	KIPP Booker T. Washington	765	$17,503	87.7%	48.7%	66
36	St. Charles Parish	9,496	$25,354	43.4%	79.2%	65
37	Franklin Parish	2,850	$15,765	73.4%	24.7%	65
38	Recovery School District-LDE	1,007	$15,808	90.0%	32.2%	65
39	Lafayette Academy Charter School	577	$16,452	96.7%	34.5%	65
40	ENCORE Academy	458	$37,040	73.4%	38.0%	65
41	Calcasieu Parish	29,523	$22,016	59.8%	54.6%	64
42	GEO Next Generation High School	388	$17,351	81.7%	48.9%	64
43	West Baton Rouge Parish	4,332	$19,413	73.3%	66.3%	63
44	John F. Kennedy High School	584	$16,505	83.9%	48.3%	63
45	McDonogh 42 Charter School	421	$15,515	80.3%	34.1%	63
46	KIPP East Community Primary	1,064	$16,994	85.6%	44.5%	62
47	New Harmony High Institute	369	$20,106	40.9%	61.6%	61
48	Natchitoches Parish	5,527	$17,746	75.6%	42.8%	60
49	Jackson Parish	2,161	$16,893	64.9%	40.3%	60
50	Union Parish	1,911	$18,389	46.6%	41.9%	60
51	St. Helena Parish	1,119	$15,552	89.5%	27.7%	60
52	Belle Chasse Academy	893	$19,685	19.6%	3.3%	60
53	G W Carver Collegiate Academy	768	$15,113	89.6%	35.2%	60
54	KIPP Central City	869	$15,787	83.3%	45.1%	59
55	Frederick A. Douglass High School	694	$16,335	85.4%	48.4%	59
56	Sci Academy	638	$15,328	88.2%	35.6%	59
57	Mildred Osborne Charter School	569	$17,463	87.9%	35.4%	59
58	GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge	771	$17,746	82.4%	50.2%	58
59	Voices for International Business & Education	411	$17,238	49.6%	40.3%	58
60	The NET2 High School	244	$18,364	77.5%	37.2%	58
61	Jefferson Davis Parish	5,595	$16,893	61.4%	36.1%	57
62	St. John the Baptist Parish	5,382	$20,548	41.8%	62.1%	57
63	Allen Parish	4,136	$14,994	59.0%	34.0%	57
64	Claiborne Parish	1,731	$16,542	78.9%	33.0%	57
65	KIPP Leadership	894	$15,633	88.4%	46.2%	57
66	Paul Habans Charter School	877	$16,037	80.6%	38.9%	57
67	GEO Prep Mid-City of Greater Baton Rouge	666	$17,165	94.0%	47.8%	57
68	Livingston Collegiate Academy	607	$14,993	85.7%	35.2%	56
69	Lake Charles College Prep	574	$21,226	60.5%	58.6%	56
70	City of Monroe School District	8,646	$16,250	79.2%	37.7%	55
71	Central Community School District	4,967	$17,496	46.1%	39.1%	54
72	Delta Charter Group	498	$16,580	56.2%	39.0%	54
73	Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence	420	$15,616	72.1%	40.8%	54
74	Edward Hynes Charter School - UNO	402	$21,363	41.3%	46.4%	54
75	DeSoto Parish	5,126	$20,265	51.9%	72.4%	53
76	Harriet Tubman Charter School	932	$18,375	73.6%	44.5%	53
77	Samuel J Green Charter School	530	$23,432	76.0%	52.1%	53
78	YACS at Lawrence D. Crocker	418	$15,290	93.8%	40.9%	53
79	JS Clark Leadership Academy	301	$13,307	93.4%	38.0%	53
80	The NET Charter High School	293	$17,935	77.8%	38.1%	53
81	Orleans Parish	2,040	$65,041	84.7%	61.2%	52
82	International School of Louisiana	1,190	$12,968	45.2%	2.2%	52
83	Plaquemines Parish	3,858	$19,090	70.7%	62.7%	51
84	Morehouse Parish	3,381	$16,904	5.5%	31.2%	51
85	West Feliciana Parish	2,245	$31,888	39.3%	67.6%	51
86	Winn Parish	2,012	$15,586	63.4%	28.1%	51
87	East Feliciana Parish	1,766	$14,874	64.0%	39.5%	51
88	St. Landry Parish	12,554	$14,633	71.6%	28.6%	50
89	KIPP Ernest N. Dutch Morial	1,068	$14,416	85.0%	45.2%	49
90	New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy	907	$15,402	60.0%	46.1%	49
91	Langston Hughes Charter Academy	796	$19,465	81.0%	50.6%	49
92	V. B. Glencoe Charter School	494	$12,403	64.4%	3.9%	49
93	JCFA-East	229	$18,673	57.2%	40.8%	49
94	Lafourche Parish	14,208	$17,007	56.5%	41.7%	47
95	Vernon Parish	9,037	$15,261	47.8%	27.4%	47
96	Richland Parish	2,885	$15,924	68.9%	37.5%	47
97	Homer Plessy Community School	779	$14,407	55.2%	35.5%	47
98	Dwight D. Eisenhower Charter School	705	$15,575	61.8%	34.6%	47
99	Sabine Parish	4,141	$15,397	61.0%	38.6%	46
100	Einstein Charter School at Village De L'Est	508	$16,072	59.1%	35.5%	46
101	Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge	450	$15,523	55.6%	54.4%	46
102	Impact Charter School	442	$14,698	79.4%	38.9%	46
103	Vermilion Parish	9,708	$14,732	62.6%	33.5%	45
104	Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans	1,038	$15,067	34.1%	42.3%	45
105	Southern University Lab School	836	$6,821	57.0%	21.6%	45
106	Phillis Wheatley Community School	812	$18,124	74.6%	49.2%	45
107	New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics HS	579	$14,009	82.6%	43.5%	45
108	Terrebonne Parish	15,772	$16,995	64.6%	44.6%	44
109	Pierre A. Capdau Charter School	507	$15,815	75.1%	37.9%	44
110	Einstein Charter Middle Sch at Sarah Towles Reed	227	$13,951	63.0%	39.5%	44
111	West Carroll Parish	1,863	$14,037	69.2%	27.1%	43
112	East Baton Rouge Parish	43,253	$17,757	70.4%	54.2%	42
113	Rapides Parish	22,991	$14,229	74.5%	38.9%	42
114	Washington Parish	5,019	$13,975	56.5%	22.1%	42
115	Warren Easton Charter Foundation Inc.	1,112	$16,532	46.0%	50.9%	42
116	Arthur Ashe Charter School	831	$17,762	78.1%	51.1%	42
117	Evangeline Parish	5,705	$14,077	60.6%	25.1%	41
118	Lake Forest Elementary Charter School	596	$14,363	58.7%	46.7%	41
119	Sarah Towles Reed High School	377	$14,408	65.0%	39.5%	41
120	Jefferson Parish	50,628	$17,647	59.6%	54.4%	40
121	Beauregard Parish	6,020	$15,278	56.8%	40.3%	40
122	Lincoln Parish	5,839	$16,869	56.8%	52.6%	40
123	Pointe Coupee Parish	2,710	$15,529	73.5%	53.5%	40
124	Hynes Parkview	490	$15,485	69.6%	43.3%	40
125	Fannie C Williams Charter School	481	$15,308	76.7%	44.2%	40
126	Acadia Parish	9,601	$13,439	65.7%	27.0%	39
127	St. Bernard Parish	8,277	$14,353	65.9%	38.9%	39
128	Assumption Parish	3,031	$14,618	65.0%	37.4%	39
129	Lake Charles Charter Academy Foundation Inc.	989	$15,651	74.9%	56.7%	39
130	Wilson Charter School	712	$13,619	67.3%	35.4%	39
131	Democracy Prep Baton Rouge	528	$16,118	82.0%	45.1%	39
132	New Vision Learning Academy	223	$14,347	50.2%	0.4%	39
133	Livingston Parish	27,731	$14,319	59.2%	30.1%	38
134	Ascension Parish	24,769	$15,936	47.6%	53.9%	38
135	Acadiana Renaissance Charter Academy	1,878	$18,871	30.6%	50.8%	38
136	Eleanor McMain Secondary School	864	$14,482	62.7%	39.7%	38
137	LaSalle Parish	2,637	$13,675	29.8%	38.4%	37
138	Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest	501	$14,868	67.3%	38.0%	37
139	Delhi Charter School	673	$12,045	55.0%	4.2%	36
140	Advantage Charter Academy	509	$15,661	92.9%	50.4%	36
141	Caddo Parish	36,147	$15,823	68.5%	45.2%	35
142	St. Martin Parish	7,537	$13,569	62.6%	32.9%	34
143	Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy	741	$17,264	27.1%	62.0%	34
144	Northeast Claiborne Charter	209	$13,617	86.1%	33.5%	34
145	St. Tammany Parish	39,559	$16,036	42.8%	51.9%	33
146	Iberia Parish	11,768	$12,615	72.0%	35.1%	33
147	Avoyelles Parish	5,080	$13,225	60.0%	25.0%	33
148	Bossier Parish	23,918	$14,538	54.1%	43.0%	32
149	Webster Parish	5,549	$15,440	47.7%	40.3%	32
150	Grant Parish	2,971	$14,841	69.1%	54.3%	32
151	Esperanza Charter School	562	$12,844	96.8%	37.5%	32
152	Ouachita Parish	19,136	$13,948	57.8%	38.3%	31
153	Audubon Charter Gentilly	351	$12,187	54.1%	42.7%	31
154	Avoyelles Public Charter School	709	$9,743	49.6%	9.9%	30
155	Tangipahoa Parish	20,700	$13,701	65.6%	39.2%	29
156	St. Mary Parish	8,054	$13,817	70.8%	42.2%	29
157	LSU Laboratory School	1,497	$11,401	—	51.3%	29
158	D'Arbonne Woods Charter School	1,003	$12,031	44.8%	39.8%	28
159	Bricolage Academy	848	$16,286	45.0%	45.6%	28
160	Robert Russa Moton Charter School	425	$13,262	80.2%	40.2%	27
161	Martin Behrman Elementary School	918	$11,723	96.4%	40.4%	25
162	Community School for Apprenticeship Learning Inc.	581	$12,595	74.5%	53.2%	25
163	Audubon Charter School	862	$12,062	32.7%	49.0%	24
164	Athlos Academy of Jefferson Parish	1,194	$13,858	74.5%	49.4%	22
165	Benjamin Franklin High School	1,034	$12,104	24.6%	60.4%	21
166	Willow Charter Academy	654	$12,403	95.0%	45.5%	21
167	Zachary Community School District	5,853	$13,197	49.5%	45.8%	20
168	Alice M Harte Elementary Charter School	792	$12,565	56.6%	38.4%	20
169	Lafayette Parish	32,377	$13,877	57.5%	51.5%	19
170	Edna Karr High School	1,134	$13,065	62.0%	43.4%	19
171	Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview	722	$11,363	26.0%	50.7%	18
172	Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy	2,235	$10,713	67.8%	40.1%	16
173	Lafayette Charter Foundation	1,350	$12,255	73.1%	47.0%	16
174	Iberville Charter Academy	654	$15,130	48.2%	63.4%	16
175	University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections)	3,928	$10,009	53.9%	45.5%	13
176	The Willow School	1,954	$11,559	14.2%	57.9%	13

How the Equity Score Works

The equity score (0-100) evaluates four dimensions of school funding fairness:

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

National Equity Rankings → ← Back to Louisiana

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