Regular local school district · Natchitoches Parish
Natchitoches Parish, LA: schools, enrollment and spending
Natchitoches Parish runs 13 public schools with 4,792 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.1 students per teacher is 1.8 lower than the Louisiana figure of 13.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 4,792
- Teachers (FTE)
- 397
- Students per teacher
- 12.1
- LA: 13.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 310 Royal Street, Natchitoches, LA 71457
- Phone
- (318)352-2358
- County
- Natchitoches Parish
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2201140
- State district ID
- LA-035
- Total staff (FTE)
- 659
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 685 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 27.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.1
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 (5,565), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $80.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $15.6 million
- State revenue
- $32.7 million
- Local revenue
- $32.3 million
- Total spending
- $83.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,944
- Salaries
- $36.1 million43.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $27.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 40.6%
- Local: 40.1%
Louisiana overall
- Federal: 14.9%
- State: 37.3%
- Local: 47.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,944
Louisiana$14,898
United States$16,826
Schools in Natchitoches Parish
By level: 2 high, 3 middle, 7 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| East Natchitoches Elementary & Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 6 | 383 | 13.7 |
| Fairview-Alpha Elementary & Junior High SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 278 | 10.7 |
| Goldonna Elementary & Junior High SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 100 | 9.1 |
| L.P. Vaughn Elementary & Middle SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 687 | 13.5 |
| Lakeview Junior/Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 261 | 8.7 |
| M.R. Weaver Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 4 | 379 | 13.5 |
| Marthaville Elementary & Junior High SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 196 | 9.8 |
| N.S.U. Elementary Lab School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 290 | 17.1 |
| N.S.U. Middle Lab School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 178 | 13.7 |
| Natchitoches Central High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,188 | 12.8 |
| Natchitoches Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 371 | 12.0 |
| Natchitoches Parish Technical and Career CenterCEP school | Other | 4 to 12 | 37 | 9.2 |
| Provencal Elementary & Junior High SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 444 | 11.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Natchitoches Parish
- Louisiana School for Math Science & the Arts 272 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.