Louisiana · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Louisiana The 50 Louisiana districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
$45,736 Top per-pupil spend
$19,248 Avg across top 50
50 Districts listed The spending picture in one line
Orleans Parish spends $45,736 per student, the most of any Louisiana district listed, against an average of $19,248 across the top 50.
$45,736 top spend (Orleans Parish)
$15,781 lowest on this list
2.9× spread across the listed districts
2,040 students in the top district # District Enrollment Schools Per-Pupil $ 1 Orleans Parish New Orleans 2,040 5 $45,736 2 Renew Scitech Academy at Laurel New Orleans 581 1 $31,145 3 Cameron Parish Cameron 1,152 5 $26,574 4 St. Charles Parish Luling 9,496 15 $23,457 5 Samuel J Green Charter School New Orleans 530 1 $23,432 6 St. James Parish Lutcher 3,537 6 $22,445 7 Red River Parish Coushatta 1,412 5 $22,361 8 Mcdonogh 35 Senior High School New Orleans 859 1 $22,312 9 Morris Jeff Community School New Orleans 1,575 1 $21,499 10 Madison Parish Tallulah 1,379 5 $20,872 11 Calcasieu Parish Lake Charles 29,523 58 $20,543 12 Bienville Parish Arcadia 1,971 8 $20,542 13 Iberville Parish Plaquemine 4,498 8 $20,341 14 St. John the Baptist Parish Reserve 5,382 10 $19,773 15 City of Bogalusa School District Bogalusa 1,786 4 $19,673 16 Langston Hughes Charter Academy New Orleans 796 1 $19,465 17 Renew Schaumburg Elementary New Orleans 651 1 $19,013 18 Plaquemines Parish Belle Chasse 3,858 8 $18,630 19 Belle Chasse Academy Belle Chasse 893 1 $18,610 20 East Carroll Parish Lake Providence 812 3 $18,461 21 Harriet Tubman Charter School New Orleans 932 1 $18,264 22 Desoto Parish Mansfield 5,126 9 $18,202 23 West Feliciana Parish St. Francisville 2,245 4 $18,171 24 Phillis Wheatley Community School New Orleans 812 1 $18,124 25 Arthur Ashe Charter School New Orleans 831 1 $17,762 26 Kipp Believe New Orleans 767 1 $17,715 27 Akili Academy of New Orleans New Orleans 589 1 $17,624 28 Mildred Osborne Charter School New Orleans 569 1 $17,463 29 Kipp Booker T. Washington New Orleans 765 1 $17,420 30 West Baton Rouge Parish Port Allen 4,332 10 $17,351 31 Renew Dolores T Aaron Elementary New Orleans 721 1 $17,168 32 Geo Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge Baton Rouge 771 1 $17,153 33 Catahoula Parish Harrisonburg 1,050 5 $17,071 34 Caldwell Parish Columbia 1,502 5 $17,040 35 Kipp East Community Primary New Orleans 1,064 1 $16,994 36 City of Baker School District Baker 1,109 4 $16,972 37 Geo Prep Mid-City of Greater Baton Rouge Baton Rouge 666 1 $16,970 38 Dr Martin Luther King Charter School for Sci Tech New Orleans 853 1 $16,743 39 Jefferson Parish Harvey 50,628 82 $16,675 40 Lord Beaconsfield Landry-Oliver Perry Walker High New Orleans 675 1 $16,547 41 John F. Kennedy High School New Orleans 584 1 $16,325 42 Lafayette Academy Charter School New Orleans 577 1 $16,253 43 Bricolage Academy New Orleans 848 1 $16,180 44 Einstein Charter School at Village De L'est New Orleans 508 1 $16,072 45 Democracy Prep Baton Rouge Baton Rouge 528 1 $16,010 46 Paul Habans Charter School New Orleans 877 1 $16,006 47 Terrebonne Parish Houma 15,772 31 $15,863 48 Pierre a. Capdau Charter School New Orleans 507 1 $15,808 49 Kipp Central City New Orleans 869 1 $15,787 50 Warren Easton Charter Foundation Inc. New Orleans 1,112 1 $15,781
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Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with
500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures
include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
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