School district · Louisiana
Bossier Parish
Bossier Parish in Louisiana: 33 public schools with 22,224 students and 15.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $14,060 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 33
- Students
- 22,224
- Students per teacher
- 15.4
- LA 13.7 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $14,060
- LA $15.6K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,439
- Counselors (FTE)
- 56.3
- Students per counselor
- 395
- LA 408 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 0.0
- Librarians (FTE): 36.4
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Louisiana's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Louisiana: 43%47%proficient
−1.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 71% of school districts in Louisiana
Median 37% · 70 school districts compared
9,871 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Louisiana: 33%40%proficient
+2.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 80% of school districts in Louisiana
Median 29% · 70 school districts compared
9,435 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 14% · $53.7M
- State
- 40% · $154M
- Local
- 46% · $180.4M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,024
- Support services
- $5,389
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $8.8M
- Long-term debt
- $149.7M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apollo Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 756 | 14.1 | 43% | 33% |
Bellaire Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–3 | 406 | 12.7 | 50% | 62% |
Benton Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–4 | 595 | 14.1 | 65% | 62% |
Bossier Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 239 | 12.1 | 8.0% | 10% |
Central Park Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 431 | 13.2 | 21% | 17% |
Curtis Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 4–5 | 441 | 16.7 | 44% | 38% |
Elm Grove Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 332 | 12.3 | 45% | 46% |
Haughton Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 618 | 13.5 | 52% | 52% |
| K–4 | 768 | 15.2 | 75% | 77% | |
| K–4 | 560 | 15.3 | 72% | 73% | |
Meadowview Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 440 | 12.2 | 19% | 16% |
Plantation Park Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 518 | 13.2 | 27% | 21% |
Platt Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 2–3 | 459 | 13.1 | 57% | 60% |
Princeton Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 4–5 | 491 | 18.1 | 49% | 46% |
R. V. Kerr Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 367 | 11.6 | 32% | 19% |
Stockwell Place Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 496 | 14.6 | 71% | 66% |
Sun City Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–3 | 492 | 13.9 | 51% | 45% |
T.L. Rodes Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–1 | 542 | 13.7 | — | — |
W.T. Lewis Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 558 | 17.0 | 57% | 51% |
Waller Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 424 | 12.2 | 25% | 12% |
| 5–6 | 754 | 15.3 | 69% | 66% | |
| 6–8 | 817 | 16.5 | 60% | 41% | |
Cope Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 752 | 15.9 | 42% | 31% |
Elm Grove Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 916 | 15.7 | 46% | 33% |
Greenacres Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 543 | 13.7 | 40% | 26% |
Haughton Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 993 | 16.6 | 47% | 32% |
Rusheon Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 583 | 14.7 | 18% | 7.0% |
Airline High SchoolFree meals for all | 8–12 | 1,855 | 18.9 | — | — |
| 8–12 | 1,515 | 18.6 | — | — | |
Bossier High SchoolFree meals for all | 8–12 | 654 | 16.6 | — | — |
Haughton High SchoolFree meals for all | 8–12 | 1,360 | 19.3 | — | — |
Parkway High SchoolFree meals for all | 8–12 | 1,279 | 19.0 | — | — |
Plain Dealing High SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–12 | 270 | 10.0 | 25% | 24% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 316 Sibley Street, Benton, LA 71006
- Phone
- (318)549-5000
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.