Rapides Parish
Louisiana's Fastest-Growing Student Group Has 27,000 Members
Every racial group in Louisiana's public schools either shrank or grew modestly between 2019 and 2026. Multiracial students did neither. They surged by 41.7%, adding 8,002 students to reach 27,180, th...
Only 7 of 74 Louisiana Parishes Have Recovered From COVID
Livingston Parish gained 232 students between 2019 and 2026. That makes it the most successful COVID recovery story in Louisiana. The second-best, West Baton Rouge Parish, added 168. The two parishes ...
Baton Rouge Loses 1,703 Students in One Year
For four years, East Baton Rouge Parish lost students the way a faucet drips. Between 2022 and 2025, the state capital's school system shed 217, 511, and 221 students in consecutive years. The decline...
Louisiana Lost 15,424 Students in One Year
For five years after COVID emptied classrooms across Louisiana, the losses came in waves that seemed to be slowing. Traditional parish enrollment fell by 19,459 in the pandemic year, then 8,688, then ...
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...