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: https://pelicanpolicy.org/uncategorized/louisiana-education-dashboard/

Discover Louisiana's Education Choices

This website provides detailed information on Louisiana’s variety of educational options, including traditional public schools, charter schools, private and parochial schools, homeschooling, and more. For inquiries, reach out to erin@pelicaninstitute.org.

ESA FAQs

  • How can I start 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 released in Spring 2025 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.

  • Are students able to attend a public school outside their attendance zone?

    Louisiana laws and regulations permit students and their families to petition to attend a public school other than the one to which they are assigned. Learn more about this process here. Learn more about appealing a public school choice petition to the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) here.