Shreveport Reporter

There were 56 Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students enrolled in Bossier Parish schools in the 2023-24 school year, 9.7% 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, Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the parish.

Among the 33 schools within the parish, Bossier High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of six students.

According to a 2023 Scholaroo study, Louisiana's educational performance is among the lowest in the nation, ranking second-to-last behind Arizona. The state ranked poorly in key metrics such as school quality, student achievement, and teacher-student ratios.

School name	% of Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students enrollment	Number of Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Students	Total Enrollment
Elm Grove Elementary School	1.1%	4	365
Bossier High School	1%	6	623
Rusheon Middle School	0.7%	4	566
Waller Elementary School	0.6%	3	465
Elm Grove Middle School	0.5%	4	853
Cope Middle School	0.4%	3	791
Legacy Elementary School	0.4%	2	534
Airline High School	0.3%	5	1,761
Apollo Elementary School	0.3%	2	766
Parkway High School	0.3%	4	1,256
Haughton Elementary School	0.2%	1	646
Benton Intermediate School	0.2%	2	806
Bellaire Elementary School	0.2%	1	429
Benton Elementary School	0.2%	1	608
Benton High School	0.2%	3	1,427
Curtis Elementary School	0.2%	1	462
Greenacres Middle School	0.2%	1	573
Haughton Middle School	0.2%	2	1,002
Stockwell Place Elementary School	0.2%	1	508
Princeton Elementary School	0.2%	1	464
W. T. Lewis Elementary School	0.2%	1	556
Kingston Elementary School	0.1%	1	756
Haughton High School	0.1%	1	1,287
Benton Middle School	0.1%	1	779