Louisiana Public Schools

Louisiana is the #26 largest school system in the United States, serving 695,873 students across 1,472 public schools. There are 42 Blue Ribbon Schools, 72 magnet schools, 78 charter schools, and 34 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(LA) School Average
% American Indian		 1%
% Asian		 1%
% Hispanic		 3%
% Black		 48%
% White		 46%
Unknown		 1%

Louisiana Public Schools by Parish

Parish
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Acadia Parish 6 7 19
2. Allen Parish 8 6 7
3. Ascension Parish 6 9 17
4. Assumption Parish 1 4 4
5. Avoyelles Parish 7 2 8
6. Beauregard Parish 6 7 9
7. Bienville Parish 7 7 9
8. Bossier Parish 11 13 22
9. Caddo Parish 19 17 49
10. Calcasieu Parish 16 17 42
11. Caldwell Parish 1 1 4
12. Catahoula Parish 5 3 4
13. Claiborne Parish 6 5 6
14. Concordia Parish 4 4 7
15. De Soto Parish 7 5 7
16. East Baton Rouge Parish 34 36 75
17. East Carroll Parish 1 1 2
18. East Feliciana Parish 5 4 6
19. Evangeline Parish 5 5 12
20. Franklin Parish 2 1 6
21. Grant Parish 4 2 5
22. Iberia Parish 5 5 20
23. Iberville Parish 6 2 7
24. Jackson Parish 3 3 3
25. Jefferson Parish 22 23 61
26. Jefferson Davis Parish 6 4 9
27. La Salle Parish 2 2 5
28. Lafayette Parish 11 21 33
29. Lafourche Parish 5 9 19
30. Lincoln Parish 8 8 13
31. Livingston Parish 13 14 29
32. Madison Parish 3 3 4
33. Morehouse Parish 2 3 9
34. Natchitoches Parish 5 4 12
35. Orleans Parish 33 18 67
36. Ouachita Parish 13 15 40
37. Plaquemines Parish 4 2 5
38. Pointe Coupee Parish 2 1 4
39. Rapides Parish 20 15 41
40. Red River Parish 2 2 2
41. Richland Parish 5 5 7
42. Sabine Parish 8 7 9
43. Saint Bernard Parish 2 4 6
44. Saint Charles Parish 2 7 8
45. Saint Helena Parish 1 1 1
46. Saint James Parish 2 - 8
47. Saint Landry Parish 10 9 22
48. Saint Martin Parish 4 6 8
49. Saint Mary Parish 6 6 16
50. Saint Tammany Parish 10 21 27
51. St John The Baptist Parish 3 2 10
52. Tangipahoa Parish 10 12 19
53. Tensas Parish 1 - 2
54. Terrebonne Parish 9 15 27
55. Union Parish 3 3 7
56. Vermilion Parish 6 5 13
57. Vernon Parish 12 8 13
58. Washington Parish 7 6 13
59. Webster Parish 9 9 15
60. West Baton Rouge Parish 2 3 5
61. West Carroll Parish 4 4 6
62. West Feliciana Parish 2 1 3
63. Winn Parish 5 5 5

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