Explore Louisiana’s Public Schools:
Learn more about each of them by visiting https://louisianaschools.com, which offers basic information and facts about school performance, academic offerings, school spending, attendance, discipline, and more.
The Pelican Institute also compiles an online dashboard displaying public school data, revenues and expenditures, enrollment, student achievement, in Louisiana by school district. The dashboard also shows education spending and student achievement data relative to other states and national rankings: Louisiana Education Dashboard
Interested in digging in to learn how tax dollars are used to support public education in Louisiana?
New laws are increasing the public’s access to public school system revenue and expenditure data, and a new user-friendly portal will be soon released by the Office of the State Treasurer. It will allow individuals to search and compare fiscal data and access contracts and other fiscal documents for public school systems across Louisiana.
Louisiana also has a new and improved accountability and rating system for public schools, which gives families and communities objective information about student learning and school performance. Learn more here.
Did you know that students may be able to attend a public school outside their attendance zone?
What’s Next?
Louisiana needs great public schools in every community. Because most students are assigned to attend public schools based on where they live per local attendance zones, the state’s accountability system is an important transparency tool to allow families and communities to know if students are being well served. Louisiana is focused on helping all students become proficient in core academic subjects—reading, math, science, and social studies—and ultimately graduate high school fully ready for college and the workplace.
- Support the use of the state’s accountability transparency reports.
- Get involved in your local public schools and monitor their progress.
- Follow the state’s public school improvements as measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, otherwise known as the Nation’s Report Card.
