School Choice
One in Eight Louisiana Students Now Attends a Charter School
Charter enrollment reached 12.4% of Louisiana's public school total in 2025-26, gaining 6,914 students since 2022 while traditional parishes lost 32,171.
Louisiana Education News & Data
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District Spotlight
Caddo Parish Has Lost Students Every Year for Seven Years
Caddo Parish lost 5,611 students since 2019, a 14.8% decline that leads Louisiana and has triggered school closures.
District Spotlight
St. John the Baptist Parish Drops 8.6 Points, Among Louisiana Parishes' Biggest 2025 Turnarounds
St. John the Baptist Parish cut chronic absenteeism from 28.0% to 19.4% in 2025, the third-largest improvement among Louisiana's traditional parishes.
District Spotlight
One in Three Baton Rouge Students Is Chronically Absent. But the Tide May Be Turning
East Baton Rouge Parish's chronic absenteeism peaked at 33.4% in 2024 before dropping to 30.5% in 2025, but 14 schools still have rates above 50%.
District Spotlight
Caddo Parish's Three-Year March to an All-Time High: How Shreveport Lost Its Post-COVID Recovery
Caddo Parish recovered to near pre-COVID absenteeism by 2022, then worsened every year since, hitting an all-time high of 31.0% in 2025.
Demographics
One in Nine Louisiana Students Is Now Hispanic
Hispanic enrollment rose 41% in seven years, adding 22,000 students even as Louisiana lost enrollment. Growth is spreading beyond Jefferson Parish.
Enrollment
Louisiana Has Lost Students Every Year for Seven Years
Traditional public school enrollment in Louisiana fell from 643,986 to 578,632 since 2019, a 10.1% decline with no year of recovery and a 2026 cliff that erased 15,424 students.
Enrollment
Louisiana Publishes 2025-26 Enrollment Data
LDOE releases 2025-26 enrollment data showing 578,632 traditional public school students, down 15,424, the largest non-COVID loss on record.