St. Charles Parish
St. Charles Parish Posted Louisiana's Lowest Parish Absence Rate
St. Charles Parish reported Louisiana's lowest published chronic absenteeism rate among its 64 parish systems. Its 7.7% rate in 2024-25, the most recent published absence year used here, was about a t...
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...
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...
Louisiana's White Student Share Falls to 40%
Seven years ago, nearly half the students in Louisiana's public schools were white. In 2025-26, that share fell to 40.2%, a 6.9 percentage point decline that reflects both a real demographic transform...