School district · Louisiana

Morehouse Parish

Morehouse Parish in Louisiana: 5 public schools with 3,082 students and 13.6 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $17,381 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 5; 1 charter
Students: 3,082
Students per teacher: 13.6; LA 13.7 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $17,381; 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): 226
Counselors (FTE): 4.0
Students per counselor: 771; LA 408 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 0.0; Librarians (FTE): 1.0

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%

23%proficient

+1.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 84% of school districts in Louisiana

Median 37% · 70 school districts compared

1,336 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Louisiana: 33%

13%proficient

+0.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 91% of school districts in Louisiana

Median 29% · 70 school districts compared

1,308 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.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$11.1K15

$11.8K16

$11.9K17

$12.6K18

$12.5K19

$11.7K20

$14.0K21

$14.9K22

$16.6K23

$17.4K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 29% · $20.8M
State: 36% · $25.8M
Local: 35% · $24.8M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $9,370
Support services: $7,103
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $10.3M
Long-term debt: $8M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 2High schools: 1Other schools: 2

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Delta Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	442	11.2	11%	7.0%	Mer Rouge
Morehouse Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	509	14.5	5.0%	1.0%	Bastrop
Bastrop High SchoolFree meals for all	7–12	794	13.3	9.0%	1.0%	Bastrop
Beekman Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all	Pre-K–12	1,053	15.4	37%	18%	Bastrop
Morehouse Magnet SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–12	284	11.8	68%	69%	Bastrop

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.

Sources

Address: 4099 Naff Avenue, Bastrop, LA 71220
Phone: (318)281-5784

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.