Winn Parish
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.
Nine Louisiana Parishes Hit All-Time High Chronic Absenteeism in 2025, Even as the State Improved
Louisiana's statewide chronic absenteeism rate dropped 2.1 percentage points in 2025, the first improvement in two years. But that headline number obscures what happened in nine parishes moving in the...