Shreveport Reporter

There were 6,492 Black students enrolled in Bossier Parish schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

Data showed that Bossier Parish welcomed 22,085 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 29.4% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the parish.

Among the 33 schools within the parish, Airline High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 736 students.

Louisiana's educational performance is among the lowest in the nation, according to a WalletHub analysis. The state was ranked 47th overall, based on factors such as class size, student performance, funding, school safety, and teacher qualifications.

School name	% of Black students enrollment	Number of Black Students	Total Enrollment
Bossier Elementary School	70.3%	147	209
Plantation Park Elementary School	70.2%	393	560
Bossier High School	54.4%	339	623
Central Park Elementary School	54.4%	243	447
Rusheon Middle School	54.2%	307	566
R. V. Kerr Elementary School	52.3%	174	333
Waller Elementary School	52%	242	465
Greenacres Middle School	50.1%	287	573
Meadowview Elementary School	48.8%	205	420
Plain Dealing High School	44.5%	113	254
Cope Middle School	42.9%	339	791
Airline High School	41.8%	736	1,761
Apollo Elementary School	36.7%	281	766
W. T. Lewis Elementary School	30.6%	170	556
Bellaire Elementary School	27.7%	119	429
Parkway High School	27.5%	345	1,256
Elm Grove Middle School	26.7%	228	853
Sun City Elementary School	26.4%	141	534
Stockwell Place Elementary School	24.6%	125	508
Curtis Elementary School	23.8%	110	462
Haughton Elementary School	20.3%	131	646
Haughton High School	18.6%	239	1,287
T. L. Rodes Elementary School	18.5%	108	584
Haughton Middle School	16.1%	161	1,002
Princeton Elementary School	15.5%	72	464
Benton High School	13.8%	197	1,427
Benton Middle School	13.6%	106	779
Benton Elementary School	13.5%	82	608
Benton Intermediate School	12.9%	104	806
Kingston Elementary School	12.3%	93	756
Legacy Elementary School	11.6%	62	534
Platt Elementary School	11.5%	53	461
Elm Grove Elementary School	11%	40	365