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Educational Rating: (100 is Best)

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1 Mandeville
2 Swartz
3 Claiborne
4 Covington
5 Madisonville
6 Slidell
7 West Monroe
8 Destrehan
9 Folsom
10 Calhoun

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Louisiana Public Schools

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERVIEW
NUMBER OF STUDENTS 654,526
NUMBER OF Louisiana SCHOOLS 1,565
NUMBER OF Louisiana SCHOOL DISTRICTS 89
SPENDING PER STUDENT ($) 9,294
State Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)
READING/ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TESTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 3 Reading Proficiency 63.0
Grade 4 Reading Proficiency 67.6
Grade 5 Reading Proficiency 61.0
Grade 6 Reading Proficiency 64.0
Grade 7 Reading Proficiency 61.0
Grade 8 Reading Proficiency 56.4
Grade 9 Reading Proficiency 60.0
MATH TESTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 3 Math Proficiency 63.0
Grade 4 Math Proficiency 65.4
Grade 5 Math Proficiency 64.0
Grade 6 Math Proficiency 62.0
Grade 7 Math Proficiency 55.0
Grade 8 Math Proficiency 57.1
Grade 9 Math Proficiency 60.0
School enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS THIS STATE NATION
WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) 51.5 57.0
BLACK (%) 44.4 17.2
HISPANIC (%) 2.1 19.9
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) 1.3 4.6
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) 0.8 1.2
SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS THIS STATE NATION
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) 61.2 41.4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (%) 1.8 7.9
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (%) 14.1 12.2

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

14.65
15.62
AVG FOR STATE
AVG FOR NATION
Louisiana Educational Environment
POPULATION STATE NATION
POPULATION 4,204,701 299,458,655
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 89 84
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE STATE NATION
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.2% 6.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.8% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.5% 36.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.5% 24.9%
65 OR OLDER 12.0% 12.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS STATE NATION
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS 1,561,873 112,337,034
SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN 15.5% 11.6%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA 81.5% 85.4%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE 22.0% 28.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION STATE NATION
$150,000 or more 3.7% 6.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 7.3% 10.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.3% 11.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.6% 19.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 21.2% 21.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 19.5% 16.7%
$15,000 or less 21.5% 13.8%
Educational Expenditures
FOR THE STATE PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $4,948 $3,238,598,468 53.2
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT $349 $228,553,649 3.8
STAFF $425 $278,272,771 4.6
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $203 $132,918,370 2.2
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $444 $290,579,230 4.8
OPERATION $958 $626,708,789 10.3
TRANSPORTATION $461 $301,977,197 5.0
OTHER $217 $142,234,410 2.3
TOTAL SUPPORT $3,058 $2,001,244,416 32.9
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $1,288 $843,192,665 13.9
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $9,294 $6,083,035,549 100.0
FOR THE NATION PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $5,582 $274,180,000,000 53.3
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT $475 $23,356,970,935 4.5
STAFF $446 $21,924,659,888 4.3
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $181 $8,920,041,056 1.7
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $514 $25,277,042,259 4.9
OPERATION $902 $44,320,216,892 8.6
TRANSPORTATION $384 $18,864,068,868 3.7
OTHER $294 $14,465,936,592 2.8
TOTAL SUPPORT $3,199 $157,129,000,000 30.6
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $1,687 $82,900,118,526 16.1
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $10,469 $514,209,000,000 100.0

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