Total enrollment
17,435
-920 (-5%) vs SY 2020-21
36 schools in Ouachita Parish
Louisiana · 17,435 students · 4 cities
Parents inside Ouachita Parish pick from 36 public K-12 options, with combined enrollment of about 17,435 students (an average school size of 484).
4-year change in Ouachita Parish
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
36
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Ouachita Parish ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Louisiana | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #16 of 54 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 17,435 | #12 of 69 | #466 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 36 | #9 of 69 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #54 of 69 | #5,298 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 60.5% | #54 of 69 | #2,809 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #26 of 65 | #2,087 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 Ouachita Parish
State test results across the district's 28 scored schools run from Drew Elementary School at 62.7% proficient to Shady Grove Elementary School at 9.4%, a gap of 53.3 points. That is the 12th widest gap among 55 Louisiana districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 36 district schools that reported both years went from 19,304 to 17,435 students (down 10%) and from 1,099 to 1,178 full-time teachers (up 7%), 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 Ouachita Parish
Ouachita Parish operates 36 public schools across Louisiana, collectively instructing roughly 17,435 students.
On the school-mix side, Ouachita Parish is built around 22 elementary, 9 middle, and 5 high schools.
Looking at the last 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 5%: 18,355 students in SY 2020-21 versus 17,435 in SY 2024-25.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Ouachita Parish discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Posts come from current and former families, staff, and alumni.