Regular local school district · Avoyelles Parish
Avoyelles Parish, LA: schools, enrollment and spending
Avoyelles Parish runs 10 public schools with 4,794 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 19.8 students per teacher is 5.9 higher than the Louisiana figure of 13.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 4,794
- Teachers (FTE)
- 242
- Students per teacher
- 19.8
- LA: 13.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 221 Tunica Drive West, Marksville, LA 71351
- Phone
- (318)240-0201
- County
- Avoyelles Parish
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2200150
- State district ID
- LA-005
- Total staff (FTE)
- 492
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 1,598 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 20.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district19.8
Louisiana13.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (5,014), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $71.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $22.5 million
- State revenue
- $32.3 million
- Local revenue
- $16.8 million
- Total spending
- $71.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,154
- Salaries
- $25.7 million36.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 31.5%
- State: 45.1%
- Local: 23.5%
Louisiana overall
- Federal: 14.9%
- State: 37.3%
- Local: 47.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,154
Louisiana$14,898
United States$16,826
Schools in Avoyelles Parish
By level: 4 high, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Avoyelles High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 465 | 17.9 |
| Bunkie Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 368 | 17.5 |
| Bunkie Magnet High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 669 | 19.1 |
| Cottonport ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 255 | 25.5 |
| LA School for Ag ScienceCEP schoolCharter | High | 7 to 12 | 412 | 34.3 |
| Lafargue Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 581 | 19.4 |
| Marksville Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 625 | 20.8 |
| Marksville High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 640 | 20.6 |
| Plaucheville Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 582 | 20.8 |
| Riverside Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 197 | 12.3 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.