Regular local school district · Tensas Parish
Tensas Parish, LA: schools, enrollment and spending
Tensas Parish runs 2 public schools with 301 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.8 students per teacher is 3.1 lower than the Louisiana figure of 13.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 301
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28
- Students per teacher
- 10.8
- LA: 13.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 512 Plank Road, St. Joseph, LA 71366
- Phone
- (318)766-3269
- County
- Tensas Parish
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2201710
- State district ID
- LA-054
- Total staff (FTE)
- 60
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 301 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.8
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 (346), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $8.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.3 million
- State revenue
- $2.4 million
- Local revenue
- $3.4 million
- Total spending
- $7.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,899
- Salaries
- $3.2 million40.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $200,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 28.8%
- State: 29.9%
- Local: 41.3%
Louisiana overall
- Federal: 14.9%
- State: 37.3%
- Local: 47.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,899
Louisiana$14,898
United States$16,826
Schools in Tensas Parish
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Tensas Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 154 | 14.0 |
| Tensas High SchoolCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 147 | 8.6 |
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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.