Total enrollment
22,224
-207 (-1%) vs SY 2020-21
34 schools in Bossier Parish
Louisiana · 22,233 students · 6 cities
Bossier Parish's public schools, 34 in all, serve about 22,233 K-12 students inside Louisiana, an average of 654 per school.
4-year change in Bossier Parish
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
33
-1 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Bossier Parish ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Louisiana | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #11 of 54 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 22,233 | #9 of 69 | #345 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 34 | #10 of 69 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #60 of 69 | #5,856 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 52.8% | #64 of 69 | #3,760 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #9 of 65 | #1,147 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Bossier Parish
State test results across the district's 27 scored schools run from Kingston Elementary School at 69.0% proficient to Rusheon Middle School at 12.0%, a gap of 57.0 points. That is the 8th widest gap among 55 Louisiana districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 31 district schools that reported both years went from 22,358 to 20,852 students (down 7%) and from 1,215 to 1,344 full-time teachers (up 11%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Bossier Parish
Bossier Parish maintains 34 public schools across Louisiana, collectively educateing roughly 22,233 students.
On the school-mix side, Bossier Parish spans 20 elementary, 7 middle, 5 high schools, and 2 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 654 in this district, meaningfully above the Louisiana typical of 509.
Looking at the last 4 years. Combined enrollment now sits at 22,224 students, held roughly steady from the 22,431 reported in SY 2020-21. Over that span, Bossier Parish lost 1 school, going from 34 to 33.
On this page, the community for Bossier Parish discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Parents, students, and educators in the area can post or comment.