Northshore Charter School

Northshore Charter School operates as a low-enrollment unified-grade school in Bogalusa, Louisiana, run under City of Bogalusa School District. Current enrollment sits at 428 students spanning grades K through 9.

City of Bogalusa School District runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,803 students. Northshore Charter School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Northshore Charter School reports that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 36% Black, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Washington Parish as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 52.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Washington Parish runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Northshore Charter School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 17.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Washington Parish shows median household income runs about $45,380, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washington Parish's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,326 students), Northshore Charter School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bogalusa High School, roughly 1.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northshore Charter School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. Northshore Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 31%: 617 students in 2018 compared to 428 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 3% to 7%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.