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Bossier Parish Education: Unchanged number of students enrolled in Bossier Parish School District schools in 2021-22 school year

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LA State Superintendent Cade Brumley 2023 | Louisiana Department of Education

LA State Superintendent Cade Brumley 2023 | Louisiana Department of Education

The only school district in Bossier Parish had stagnant enrollment numbers in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

There were 22,417 students in the halls of Bossier Parish School District schools, unchanged from the year before.

Enrollment in Bossier Parish bucked the state’s trend of decreasing enrollment.

Out of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.5% of them were boys, and 48.5% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 53.3% of the Bossier Parish School Districts total enrollment.

Bossier Parish School District has a main office in Benton and is the only school district within Bossier Parish.

In 2022, there was roughly one teacher for every 18 students in Louisiana, which is worse than the national average of one teacher for every 16 students.

The majority of Louisiana students were either white (48%) or Black (37%) in the 2021-22 school year.

Enrollment in Bossier Parish Over 6 Years

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Enrollment in Bossier Parish Districts Schools During 2021-22 School Year

SchoolTotal Enrollment in 2020-2021Total Enrollment in 2021-2022Total % Change
Airline High School1,8101,773-2%
Benton High School1,3201,3411.6%
Haughton High School1,2481,238-0.8%
Parkway High School1,2161,192-2%
Haughton Middle School1,0511,044-0.7%
Elm Grove Middle School9009050.6%
Benton Middle School7568198.3%
Cope Middle School864809-6.4%
Benton Intermediate School7697811.6%
Apollo Elementary School7107596.9%
Kingston Elementary School7167575.7%
Haughton Elementary School6506550.8%
Bossier High School641640-0.2%
Benton Elementary School6156272%
Greenacres Middle School5996000.2%
T. L. Rodes Elementary School661599-9.4%
W. T. Lewis Elementary School5845850.2%
Legacy Elementary School5725831.9%
Sun City Elementary School5715791.4%
Plantation Park Elementary School599557-7%
Stockwell Place Elementary School588555-5.6%
Rusheon Middle School5145323.5%
Platt Elementary School4264679.6%
Central Park Elementary School476461-3.2%
Meadowview Elementary School458445-2.8%
Princeton Elementary School458441-3.7%
Waller Elementary School461432-6.3%
Curtis Elementary School3954247.3%
R. V. Kerr Elementary School3964103.5%
Bellaire Elementary School3814005%
Elm Grove Elementary School3243270.9%
Plain Dealing High School283281-0.7%
Bossier Elementary School2412451.7%
Johnny Gray Jones Youth Shelter & Detention Center71271.4%

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