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Ouachita Parish

West Monroe, Louisiana · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

17,435
Students enrolled
36
Public schools
1,178
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.8:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 573
  • Kindergarten 1,295
  • Grade 1 1,374
  • Grade 2 1,337
  • Grade 3 1,252
  • Grade 4 1,301
  • Grade 5 1,285
  • Grade 6 1,338
  • Grade 7 1,351
  • Grade 8 1,295
  • Grade 9 1,397
  • Grade 10 1,279
  • Grade 11 1,125
  • Grade 12 1,233

By race/ethnicity

  • White 55%
  • Black or African American 35%
  • Hispanic/Latino 5%
  • Two or more races 3%
  • Asian 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 10,540 of 17,435 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 55%
  • Reduced-price lunch 5%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$13,752 spent per student on day-to-day operations Louisiana median: $16,090 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,236
  • Support services $5,667
  • Other (food service, etc.) $849

Where the money comes from

  • Local 42%
  • State 42%
  • Federal 16%

Total revenue $305.7 milliontotal spending $306.1 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: MidsizeStudents: 54% suburb, 45% rural, 2% city

Total staff (FTE)

2,552

District office

1600 N. 7th Street, West Monroe LA 71291

County

Ouachita Parish

Official website

NCES District ID

2201200

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About Ouachita Parish

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Through collaboration among all stakeholders, the Ouachita Parish School System will ensure that all students attain the knowledge and skills needed to be productive citizens.
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Public Schools in Ouachita Parish (37)

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West Monroe High School

West Monroe, LA · Grades 08–12 · 2,041 students · High

Ouachita Parish High School

Monroe, LA · Grades 08–12 · 1,112 students · High

West Ouachita High School

West Monroe, LA · Grades 08–12 · 968 students · High

Sterlington Elementary School

Sterlington, LA · Grades PK–05 · 800 students · Elementary

West Ridge Middle School

West Monroe, LA · Grades 06–08 · 681 students · Middle

Claiborne School

West Monroe, LA · Grades PK–05 · 643 students · Elementary

Good Hope Middle School

West Monroe, LA · Grades 06–08 · 601 students · Middle

Drew Elementary School

West Monroe, LA · Grades PK–05 · 537 students · Elementary

Lakeshore School

Monroe, LA · Grades PK–05 · 532 students · Elementary

Sterlington High School

Monroe, LA · Grades 09–12 · 513 students · High

Woodlawn Elementary School

West Monroe, LA · Grades PK–05 · 508 students · Elementary

Jack Hayes Elementary School

Monroe, LA · Grades PK–05 · 501 students · Elementary

East Ouachita Middle School

Monroe, LA · Grades 06–08 · 498 students · Middle

Kiroli Elementary School

West Monroe, LA · Grades PK–05 · 450 students · Elementary

Central Elementary School

Calhoun, LA · Grades 03–05 · 430 students · Elementary

George Welch Elementary School

West Monroe, LA · Grades KG–05 · 429 students · Elementary

Calhoun Middle School

Calhoun, LA · Grades 06–08 · 423 students · Middle

Calhoun Elementary School

Calhoun, LA · Grades PK–02 · 420 students · Elementary

Sterlington Middle School

Sterlington, LA · Grades 06–08 · 418 students · Middle

Riser Middle School

West Monroe, LA · Grades 06–08 · 410 students · Middle

Richwood High School

Monroe, LA · Grades 08–12 · 400 students · High

Robinson Elementary School

Monroe, LA · Grades PK–05 · 374 students · Elementary

Swartz Upper Elementary School

Monroe, LA · Grades 03–05 · 350 students · Elementary

Richwood Junior High School

Monroe, LA · Grades 06–08 · 347 students · Middle