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Regular local school district · Bossier Parish

Bossier Parish, LA: schools, enrollment and spending

Bossier Parish runs 33 public schools with 22,224 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.4 students per teacher is 1.5 higher than the Louisiana figure of 13.9.

At a glance

Schools
33
Students
22,224
Teachers (FTE)
1,439
Students per teacher
15.4
LA: 13.9 · US: 15.3
Address
316 Sibley Street, Benton, LA 71006
Phone
(318)549-5000
County
Bossier Parish
Locale
City: Small
Grades offered
PK to 12
Agency type
Regular local school district
NCES district ID
2200270
State district ID
LA-008
Total staff (FTE)
2,550
School counselors (FTE)
56.0About 397 students per counselor.
School administrators (FTE)
83.0
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

Students per teacher compared

This district15.4
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 (22,431), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
Total revenue
$309.1 million
Federal revenue
$31.1 million
State revenue
$138.4 million
Local revenue
$139.5 million
Total spending
$294.0 million
Spending per pupil
$13,109
Salaries
$146.4 million49.8% of total spending.
Long-term debt (end of year)
$173.2 million

Where revenue came from

  • Federal: 10.1%
  • State: 44.8%
  • Local: 45.1%

Louisiana overall

  • Federal: 14.9%
  • State: 37.3%
  • Local: 47.8%

Spending per pupil compared

This district$13,109
Louisiana$14,898
United States$16,826

Schools in Bossier Parish

By level: 5 high, 7 middle, 20 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
Airline High SchoolCEP schoolHigh8 to 121,85518.9
Apollo Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 575614.3
Bellaire Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 340613.1
Benton Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryK to 459514.2
Benton High SchoolHigh8 to 121,51518.7
Benton Intermediate SchoolMiddle5 to 675415.4
Benton Middle SchoolMiddle6 to 881716.7
Bossier Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 523912.6
Bossier High SchoolCEP schoolHigh8 to 1265416.8
Central Park Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 543113.5
Cope Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 875216.0
Curtis Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementary4 to 544117.0
Elm Grove Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 533212.3
Elm Grove Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 891615.8
Greenacres Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 854313.9
Haughton Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 561813.7
Haughton High SchoolCEP schoolHigh8 to 121,36019.4
Haughton Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 899316.8
Kingston Elementary SchoolElementaryK to 476815.4
Legacy Elementary SchoolElementaryK to 456015.6
Meadowview Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 544012.2
Parkway High SchoolCEP schoolHigh8 to 121,27919.1
Plain Dealing High SchoolCEP schoolOtherPK to 1227010.4
Plantation Park Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 551813.3
Platt Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementary2 to 345913.5
Princeton Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementary4 to 549118.2
R. V. Kerr Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 536711.8
Rusheon Middle SchoolCEP schoolMiddle6 to 858314.9
Stockwell Place Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryK to 549615.0
Sun City Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryK to 349214.1
T.L. Rodes Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 154213.9
W.T. Lewis Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryK to 555817.4
Waller Elementary SchoolCEP schoolElementaryPK to 542412.5

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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.