Louisiana: the counties with the highest share of Black students

60 counties

Louisiana public school districts ranked by the share of public school students who are Black or African American. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Madison Parish	LA	5	1,133	1,069	94.4%
2	St. John the Baptist Parish	LA	10	5,039	3,646	72.4%
3	Orleans Parish	LA	77	48,238	33,495	69.4%
4	Claiborne Parish	LA	6	1,616	1,105	68.4%
5	Iberville Parish	LA	9	4,589	3,050	66.5%
6	Morehouse Parish	LA	5	3,082	1,988	64.5%
7	Caddo Parish	LA	59	33,851	21,718	64.2%
8	East Baton Rouge Parish	LA	125	66,892	40,735	60.9%
9	St. James Parish	LA	6	3,194	1,934	60.6%
10	Red River Parish	LA	5	1,243	735	59.1%
11	East Feliciana Parish	LA	7	1,649	945	57.3%
12	St. Landry Parish	LA	34	11,731	6,713	57.2%
13	Pointe Coupee Parish	LA	5	2,293	1,270	55.4%
14	Natchitoches Parish	LA	14	5,064	2,741	54.1%
15	West Baton Rouge Parish	LA	10	4,153	2,221	53.5%
16	Franklin Parish	LA	6	2,454	1,308	53.3%
17	Richland Parish	LA	12	3,312	1,695	51.2%
18	Bienville Parish	LA	7	1,799	916	50.9%
19	Ouachita Parish	LA	58	25,952	13,079	50.4%
20	Tangipahoa Parish	LA	32	19,077	9,062	47.5%
21	Concordia Parish	LA	11	3,396	1,587	46.7%
22	Lincoln Parish	LA	14	6,360	2,902	45.6%
23	Webster Parish	LA	14	4,967	2,264	45.6%
24	St. Martin Parish	LA	16	6,696	3,048	45.5%
25	Iberia Parish	LA	21	10,111	4,441	43.9%
26	Avoyelles Parish	LA	13	5,726	2,336	40.8%
27	Rapides Parish	LA	46	21,481	8,769	40.8%
28	Lafayette Parish	LA	48	35,903	14,459	40.3%
29	Assumption Parish	LA	9	2,701	1,067	39.5%
30	De Soto Parish	LA	9	4,923	1,895	38.5%
31	Evangeline Parish	LA	13	5,326	2,041	38.3%
32	Washington Parish	LA	14	6,326	2,412	38.1%
33	St. Mary Parish	LA	23	7,765	2,761	35.6%
34	Winn Parish	LA	5	1,732	596	34.4%
35	Calcasieu Parish	LA	59	30,278	10,258	33.9%
36	Jefferson Parish	LA	77	47,983	15,906	33.1%
37	West Feliciana Parish	LA	4	2,145	702	32.7%
38	Ascension Parish	LA	32	23,743	7,480	31.5%
39	St. Bernard Parish	LA	12	7,592	2,377	31.3%
40	St. Charles Parish	LA	15	8,756	2,719	31.1%
41	Bossier Parish	LA	34	22,233	6,556	29.5%
42	Jackson Parish	LA	5	1,927	569	29.5%
43	Plaquemines Parish	LA	9	4,283	1,169	27.3%
44	Union Parish	LA	4	2,548	645	25.3%
45	Terrebonne Parish	LA	31	15,201	3,665	24.1%
46	Acadia Parish	LA	27	9,043	2,137	23.6%
47	Sabine Parish	LA	10	3,741	816	21.8%
48	St. Tammany Parish	LA	56	36,212	7,818	21.6%
49	Vermilion Parish	LA	23	10,278	1,962	19.1%
50	Lafourche Parish	LA	31	13,426	2,554	19.0%

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