Thursday, August 27, 2026

Ouachita Parish

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Ascension Parish Has Not Broken 16% in Six Years

Ascension Parish lists a Coordinator of Truancy and two Truancy Interventionists in its Student Services staff directory, part of a district serving nearly 24,000 students. The job titles sound bureau...

Zero of 19 Parishes Growing: North Louisiana's Enrollment Freefall

Nineteen parishes. Zero growing. Every school system in this article's North Louisiana region enrolled fewer students in 2025-26 than in 2018-19.

21 Louisiana Parishes Are at Their All-Time Highest Graduation Rate

Twenty-one of Louisiana's parishes posted their highest graduation rate on record in 2025. That is roughly 40% of all parishes with sufficient data, and it spans the state from rural northeast Louisia...

Two-Thirds of Louisiana Parishes Are Now Majority-Minority

Seven years ago, Bossier Parish enrolled 22,876 students. White students made up 55.7% of that total. In 2025-26, white enrollment in Bossier has fallen to 49.2%, and the parish has joined a growing l...

Caddo Parish Has Lost Students Every Year for Seven Years

No parish in Louisiana has lost more students since 2019 than Caddo Parish. Its 5,611-student decline, a 14.8% drop from 37,868 to 32,257, outpaces Jefferson Parish's loss of 5,160 and East Baton Roug...