Regular local school district · Lincoln Parish
Lincoln Parish, LA: schools, enrollment and spending
Lincoln Parish runs 12 public schools with 5,601 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.9 students per teacher is 1.0 lower than the Louisiana figure of 13.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 12
- Students
- 5,601
- Teachers (FTE)
- 435
- Students per teacher
- 12.9
- LA: 13.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 410 South Farmerville Street, Ruston, LA 71270
- Phone
- (318)255-1430
- County
- Lincoln Parish
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2200990
- State district ID
- LA-031
- Total staff (FTE)
- 764
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 622 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 29.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.9
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 (5,338), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $95.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $13.9 million
- State revenue
- $32.5 million
- Local revenue
- $49.1 million
- Total spending
- $82.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,404
- Salaries
- $40.6 million49.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $46.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.5%
- State: 34.0%
- Local: 51.4%
Louisiana overall
- Federal: 14.9%
- State: 37.3%
- Local: 47.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,404
Louisiana$14,898
United States$16,826
Schools in Lincoln Parish
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 7 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| A. E. Phillips Laboratory School | Elementary | K to 8 | 412 | 15.3 |
| Choudrant Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 536 | 16.8 |
| Choudrant High School | High | 6 to 12 | 421 | 14.5 |
| Cypress Springs Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 369 | 11.9 |
| Dubach School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 134 | 12.2 |
| Glen View Elementary School | Elementary | K to 2 | 438 | 11.2 |
| Hillcrest Elementary School | Elementary | K to 2 | 326 | 13.6 |
| I.A. Lewis School | Middle | 6 | 277 | 12.6 |
| Ruston Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 359 | 11.2 |
| Ruston High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,212 | 12.6 |
| Ruston Junior High School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 585 | 13.6 |
| Simsboro High School | Other | PK to 12 | 532 | 12.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lincoln Parish
- Lincoln Preparatory School 684 students
- Howard School 75 students
More in Louisiana
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.