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Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) allocation and expenditures by district in Louisiana
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Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding was a series of grants totaling roughly $190 billion that Congress sent to K-12 public schools during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Congress included the funding in three separate spending packages between 2020 and 2021. The first of these occurred in March 27, 2020, when President Donald Trump (R) signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, releasing $13.2 billion to schools. In an April 23, 2020, letter sent to state education commissioners, then-Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wrote: "The ESSER Fund provides you, and your local educational agencies, with emergency relief funds to address the impact that COVID-19 has had, and continues to have, on elementary and secondary schools."[1]
In response to the pandemic, all 50 states closed schools to in-person instruction between February and April 2020.
At the time, the $190 billion was the largest injection of federal funding into the education system in a one-year period.[2] Trump signed the second ESSER package, providing roughly $54 billion through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act, into law on December 27, 2020. President Joe Biden (D) signed the final ESSER package on March 11, 2021, apportioning $122 billion to schools through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act. Each of the three ESSER packages came with their own spending deadlines. Districts had until January 2025 to spend the last round of the funding, known as ESSER III.[3]
Congress placed few strings on the grants, largely relying on districts to make their own spending decisions.[4] The expiration of the ESSER funding posed a challenge to districts that allocated a relatively greater portion to recurring expenses, such as teacher salaries or new staff.[5] An August 2023 School Superintendents Association (AASA) survey found that 53% of respondents said they would need to cut support staff in response to the expiration of ESSER funding.[6] A 2024 survey of district leaders by the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company found that 53% of district leaders "expect a fiscal cliff in their district’s spending when ESSER concludes."[7]
On this page, you will find data on the funding Congress allocated to STATE’s school districts through the three ESSER grants (I, II, and III). Data is made available by Georgetown University's Edunomics Lab.[8] Navigate the page using the following links:
ESSER I
The table below shows the total amount of ESSER I funding allocated to each district in Louisiana.
| Louisiana ESSER I allocation by district | |
|---|---|
| District name | Total ESSER I allocation |
| Acadia Parish | $2,789,984 |
| Advantage Charter Academy | $260,105 |
| Akili Academy of New Orleans | $349,063 |
| Alice M Harte Elementary Charter School | $381,061 |
| Allen Parish | $728,743 |
| Ascension Parish | $1,002,248 |
| Assumption Parish | $983,313 |
| Athlos Academy of Jefferson Parish | $417,295 |
| Audubon Charter School | $225,427 |
| Audubon Charter School - Gentilly | $59,091 |
| Avoyelles Parish | $2,301,715 |
| Avoyelles Public Charter School | $201,736 |
| Beauregard Parish | $1,103,821 |
| Belle Chasse Academy | $173,927 |
| Benjamin Franklin High School | $193,671 |
| Bienville Parish | $867,032 |
| Bossier Parish | $4,278,449 |
| Bricolage Academy | $177,107 |
| Caddo Parish | $14,214,219 |
| Calcasieu Parish | $7,109,629 |
| Caldwell Parish | $528,213 |
| Cameron Parish | $94,382 |
| Catahoula Parish | $515,894 |
| Central Community School District | $518,962 |
| City of Baker School District | $948,661 |
| City of Bogalusa School District | $1,093,696 |
| City of Monroe School District | $4,677,981 |
| Claiborne Parish | $638,763 |
| Cohen College Prep | $198,769 |
| Collegiate Baton Rouge | $163,503 |
| Community School for Apprenticeship Learning, Inc. | $188,632 |
| Concordia Parish | $1,611,474 |
| Dalton Charter School | $219,537 |
| Delhi Charter School | $287,835 |
| Delta Charter Group | $124,196 |
| Democracy Prep Baton Rouge | $280,808 |
| DeSoto Parish | $1,342,031 |
| Dr Martin Luther King Charter School for Sci Tech | $437,853 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Charter School | $419,820 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | $18,048,541 |
| East Carroll Parish | $794,566 |
| East Feliciana Parish | $575,982 |
| Edna Karr High School | $516,153 |
| Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview | $137,264 |
| Edward Hynes Charter School - UNO | $57,601 |
| Eleanor McMain Secondary School | $426,941 |
| ENCORE Academy | $307,209 |
| Evangeline Parish | $2,760,758 |
| Fannie C Williams Charter School | $346,928 |
| FirstLine Live Oak | $334,656 |
| Foundation Preparatory Academy | $113,979 |
| Franklin Parish | $1,741,966 |
| G W Carver Collegiate Academy | $378,310 |
| GEO Next Generation High School | $73,704 |
| Glen Oaks Middle School (Redesign Schools LA) | $116,627 |
| Grant Parish | $827,822 |
| Harriet Tubman Charter School | $450,439 |
| Iberia Parish | $4,654,026 |
| Iberville Charter Academy | $139,050 |
| Iberville Parish | $1,011,488 |
| Impact Charter School | $159,946 |
| Jackson Parish | $995,968 |
| JCFA-East | $77,582 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | $1,403,759 |
| Jefferson Parish | $21,006,315 |
| JS Clark Leadership Academy | $111,370 |
| Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School | $235,159 |
| LA Schools for the Deaf and Visually Impaired | $66,161 |
| Lafayette Academy Charter School | $308,845 |
| Lafayette Parish | $9,940,737 |
| Lafourche Parish | $3,836,502 |
| Lake Charles Charter Academy Foundation, Inc. | $350,463 |
| Lake Charles College Prep | $156,101 |
| Lake Forest Elementary Charter School | $285,745 |
| Lanier Charter School | $156,012 |
| LaSalle Parish | $489,050 |
| Lincoln Parish | $2,289,310 |
| Lincoln Preparatory School | $199,731 |
| Livingston Collegiate Academy | $264,937 |
| Livingston Parish | $2,964,097 |
| Lord Beaconsfield Landry-Oliver Perry Walker High | $583,847 |
| Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy | $793,662 |
| Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans | $157,353 |
| Madison Parish | $1,329,521 |
| Martin Behrman Elementary School | $402,662 |
| McDonogh 35 Senior High School | $162,984 |
| McDonogh 42 Charter School | $278,280 |
| Morehouse Parish | $2,741,228 |
| Morris Jeff Community School | $417,335 |
| New Harmony High Institute | $62,635 |
| New Orleans Accelerated High School | $25,738 |
| New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy | $278,367 |
| Noble Minds | $47,751 |
| Northeast Claiborne Charter | $67,266 |
| Opportunities Academy | $0 |
| Orleans Parish | $7,860,548 |
| Ouachita Parish | $5,664,585 |
| Paul Habans Charter School | $370,261 |
| Pierre A. Capdau Charter School | $250,017 |
| Plaquemines Parish | $317,346 |
| Rapides Parish | $5,927,911 |
| Recovery School District-LDE | $624,648 |
| Red River Parish | $736,471 |
| ReNew Dolores T Aaron Elementary | $500,858 |
| ReNEW Schaumburg Elementary | $498,309 |
| ReNEW SciTech Academy at Laurel | $391,021 |
| Richland Parish | $1,154,352 |
| Robert Russa Moton Charter School | $202,485 |
| Rosenwald Collegiate Academy | $132,198 |
| Sabine Parish | $1,060,382 |
| Samuel J Green Charter School | $286,751 |
| Sci Academy | $311,234 |
| Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence | $263,748 |
| Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy | $296,388 |
| St. Bernard Parish | $2,534,710 |
| St. Charles Parish | $1,430,424 |
| St. Helena Parish | $524,247 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | $2,098,621 |
| St. Martin Parish | $2,469,985 |
| St. Mary Parish | $3,030,957 |
| St. Tammany Parish | $6,210,224 |
| Success Preparatory Academy | $287,348 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | $7,220,263 |
| Tensas Parish | $519,532 |
| Terrebonne Parish | $5,966,119 |
| The MAX Charter School | $25,947 |
| The NET Charter High School | $18,788 |
| The NET2 High School | $15,675 |
| Union Parish | $1,173,117 |
| University View Academy, Inc. (FRM LA Connections) | $845,866 |
| V. B. Glencoe Charter School | $101,984 |
| Vermilion Parish | $2,504,432 |
| Vernon Parish | $919,603 |
| Voices for International Business & Education | $182,059 |
| Warren Easton Charter Foundation, Inc. | $365,221 |
| Washington Parish | $1,600,173 |
| Webster Parish | $2,264,175 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | $865,722 |
| West Carroll Parish | $616,520 |
| West Feliciana Parish | $58,622 |
| Willow Charter Academy | $325,781 |
| Wilson Charter School | $373,597 |
| Winn Parish | $556,674 |
ESSER II
The table below shows the total amount of ESSER II funding allocated to each district in Louisiana.
| Louisiana ESSER II allocation by district | |
|---|---|
| District name | Total ESSER II allocation |
| Acadia Parish | $16,643,058 |
| Allen Parish | $3,248,346 |
| Ascension Parish | $10,978,515 |
| Assumption Parish | $3,025,422 |
| Avoyelles Parish | $10,018,244 |
| Avoyelles Public Charter School | $797,363 |
| Red River Charter Academy | $432,060 |
| Beauregard Parish | $3,776,404 |
| Bienville Parish | $3,069,983 |
| Bossier Parish | $17,804,870 |
| Caddo Parish | $59,864,599 |
| Calcasieu Parish | $33,925,130 |
| Lake Charles Charter Academy | $1,508,982 |
| Lake Charles College Prep | $530,771 |
| Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy | $1,095,238 |
| Caldwell Parish | $1,719,711 |
| Cameron Parish | $726,507 |
| Catahoula Parish | $2,084,407 |
| Claiborne Parish | $3,780,605 |
| Northeast Claiborne Charter | $265,870 |
| Concordia Parish | $5,523,825 |
| Delta Charter Group | $473,369 |
| DeSoto Parish | $5,879,292 |
| Baton Rouge University Preparatory School, Inc. | $275,068 |
| Central Community School District | $1,826,943 |
| City of Baker School District | $3,171,313 |
| Collegiate Baton Rouge | $606,120 |
| Community School for Apprenticeship Learning, Inc. | $686,463 |
| Dalton Charter School | $881,390 |
| Democracy Prep Baton Rouge | $1,747,675 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | $57,035,589 |
| GEO Next Generation High School | $487,271 |
| GEO Prep Mid-City of Greater Baton Rouge | $1,131,489 |
| Glen Oaks Middle School (Redesign Schools LA) | $716,098 |
| Iberville Charter Academy | $506,155 |
| Impact Charter School | $566,234 |
| Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School | $1,006,747 |
| LA Schools for the Deaf and Visually Impaired | $261,500 |
| Lanier Charter School | $723,844 |
| Louisiana Key Academy | $358,332 |
| Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy | $2,766,214 |
| Office of Juvenile Justice | $199,046 |
| Recovery School District-LDE | $2,410,268 |
| RSD-Capitol Education Foundation | $815,658 |
| Southern University Lab School | $1,564,832 |
| Thrive Academy | $274,887 |
| University View Academy, Inc. (FRM LA Connections) | $3,343,296 |
| Zachary Community School District | $2,531,375 |
| East Carroll Parish | $4,223,758 |
| East Feliciana Parish | $2,101,881 |
| Evangeline Parish | $8,945,446 |
| Franklin Parish | $6,514,254 |
| Grant Parish | $2,719,751 |
| Iberia Parish | $18,022,939 |
| Iberville Parish | $5,730,978 |
| Jackson Parish | $4,024,362 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | $4,585,555 |
| Athlos Academy of Jefferson Parish | $1,625,964 |
| JCFA-East | $271,788 |
| Jefferson Parish | $72,547,818 |
| Acadiana Renaissance Charter Academy | $1,129,629 |
| Advantage Charter Academy | $848,807 |
| JCFA Lafayette | $73,511 |
| Lafayette Charter Foundation | $1,367,879 |
| Lafayette Parish | $34,994,339 |
| Willow Charter Academy | $1,082,567 |
| Lafourche Parish | $12,591,743 |
| The MAX Charter School | $85,249 |
| LaSalle Parish | $1,755,256 |
| Lincoln Parish | $7,894,238 |
| Lincoln Preparatory School | $815,306 |
| Livingston Parish | $14,704,190 |
| Madison Parish | $5,121,111 |
| Morehouse Parish | $9,113,615 |
| Natchitoches Parish | $9,653,368 |
| Akili Academy of New Orleans | $1,210,003 |
| Alice M Harte Elementary Charter School | $1,241,974 |
| Arise Academy | $980,357 |
| Arthur Ashe Charter School | $1,570,974 |
| Audubon Charter School | $825,436 |
| Audubon Charter School - Gentilly | $610,430 |
| Benjamin Franklin High School | $664,577 |
| Bricolage Academy | $700,017 |
| Cohen College Prep | $745,399 |
| Dr Martin Luther King Charter School for Sci Tech | $2,027,463 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Charter School | $1,368,304 |
| Edna Karr High School | $1,682,273 |
| Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview | $553,450 |
| Edward Hynes Charter School - UNO | $598,461 |
| Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest | $921,440 |
| Einstein Charter Middle Sch at Sarah Towles Reed | $792,427 |
| Einstein Charter School at Village De L'Est | $927,909 |
| Einstein Sarah T. Reed High School | $655,493 |
| Eleanor McMain Secondary School | $1,414,588 |
| ENCORE Academy | $1,018,177 |
| Esperanza Charter School | $988,307 |
| Fannie C Williams Charter School | $1,283,328 |
| FirstLine Live Oak | $1,090,110 |
| Foundation Preparatory Academy | $459,559 |
| GW Carver Collegiate Academy | $1,407,189 |
| Harriet Tubman Charter School | $1,543,647 |
| Homer Plessy Community School | $1,301,404 |
| Hynes Parkview | $865,300 |
| IDEA Public Schools | $714,692 |
| International School of Louisiana | $1,496,643 |
| James M Singleton Charter School | $733,253 |
| KIPP Believe | $1,645,365 |
| KIPP Booker T. Washington | $870,816 |
| KIPP Central City | $1,991,493 |
| KIPP East Community Primary | $998,267 |
| KIPP Ernest N. Dutch Morial | $1,878,836 |
| KIPP Leadership | $1,860,545 |
| KIPP Renaissance High School | $864,549 |
| Lafayette Academy Charter School | $1,243,669 |
| Lake Forest Elementary Charter School | $1,128,628 |
| Langston Hughes Charter Academy | $1,576,438 |
| Lawrence D Crocker College Prep | $506,339 |
| Living School, Inc. | $257,773 |
| Livingston Collegiate Academy | $962,370 |
| Lord Beaconsfield Landry-Oliver Perry Walker High | $1,936,265 |
| Lusher Charter School | $776,919 |
| Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans | $619,171 |
| Martin Behrman Elementary School | $1,449,255 |
| McDonogh 35 Senior High School | $1,134,582 |
| McDonogh 42 Charter School | $906,988 |
| Mildred Osborne Charter School | $1,047,601 |
| Morris Jeff Community School | $1,419,848 |
| New Harmony High Institute | $211,223 |
| New Orleans Accelerated High School | $103,800 |
| New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics HS | $818,304 |
| New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy | $1,104,719 |
| Noble Minds | $179,057 |
| Orleans Parish | $24,890,769 |
| Paul Habans Charter School | $1,300,461 |
| Phillis Wheatley Community School | $1,441,539 |
| Pierre A. Capdau Charter School | $874,816 |
| ReNew Dolores T Aaron Elementary | $1,677,802 |
| ReNEW Schaumburg Elementary | $1,703,596 |
| ReNEW SciTech Academy at Laurel | $1,335,725 |
| Robert Russa Moton Charter School | $693,955 |
| Rosenwald Collegiate Academy | $477,930 |
| Samuel J Green Charter School | $979,881 |
| Sci Academy | $1,028,496 |
| Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence | $990,344 |
| Success Preparatory Academy | $1,078,955 |
| The NET Charter High School | $170,941 |
| The NET2 High School | $159,472 |
| Voices for International Business & Education | $574,492 |
| Warren Easton Charter Foundation, Inc. | $1,293,598 |
| Wilson Charter School | $1,239,532 |
| City of Monroe School District | $20,734,134 |
| New Vision Learning Academy | $451,685 |
| Ouachita Parish | $19,251,161 |
| GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge | $994,996 |
| Belle Chasse Academy | $719,553 |
| Plaquemines Parish | $2,833,278 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | $3,637,081 |
| Rapides Parish | $23,617,595 |
| Red River Parish | $2,319,623 |
| Delhi Charter School | $1,172,846 |
| Richland Parish | $6,023,943 |
| Sabine Parish | $3,767,608 |
| St. Bernard Parish | $8,328,513 |
| St. Charles Parish | $5,352,126 |
| St. Helena Parish | $2,516,161 |
| St. James Parish | $2,856,421 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | $7,490,325 |
| JS Clark Leadership Academy | $396,458 |
| St. Landry Parish | $31,629,831 |
| St. Landry Primary School, Incl. | $340,472 |
| St. Martin Parish | $8,915,282 |
| St. Mary Parish | $10,703,037 |
| V. B. Glencoe Charter School | $504,271 |
| St. Tammany Parish | $27,348,421 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | $26,760,995 |
| Tensas Parish | $2,001,524 |
| Terrebonne Parish | $20,065,119 |
| D'Arbonne Woods Charter School | $1,011,905 |
| Union Parish | $4,192,826 |
| John F. Kennedy High School | $686,445 |
| YACS at Lawrence D. Crocker | $788,539 |
| Vermilion Parish | $9,325,387 |
| Williams Scholar Academy | $134,426 |
| Vernon Parish | $6,257,826 |
| City of Bogalusa School District | $7,076,309 |
| Washington Parish | $5,937,564 |
| Webster Parish | $7,908,027 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | $3,341,832 |
| West Carroll Parish | $2,335,475 |
| West Feliciana Parish | $1,215,007 |
| Winn Parish | $2,391,911 |
ESSER III
The table below shows the total amount of ESSER III funding allocated to each district in Louisiana.
| Louisiana ESSER III allocation by district | |
|---|---|
| District name | Total ESSER III allocation |
| Acadia Parish | $39,296,708 |
| Allen Parish | $7,254,278 |
| Ascension Parish | $25,871,839 |
| Assumption Parish | $7,732,341 |
| Avoyelles Parish | $21,997,857 |
| Avoyelles Public Charter School | $1,796,504 |
| Red River Charter Academy | $966,269 |
| Beauregard Parish | $8,285,942 |
| Bienville Parish | $6,407,422 |
| Bossier Parish | $40,892,679 |
| Caddo Parish | $135,977,793 |
| Calcasieu Parish | $75,927,553 |
| Lake Charles Charter Academy | $3,420,967 |
| Lake Charles College Prep | $1,199,124 |
| Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy | $2,467,917 |
| Caldwell Parish | $4,241,213 |
| Cameron Parish | $1,372,187 |
| Catahoula Parish | $4,560,264 |
| Claiborne Parish | $8,327,530 |
| Northeast Claiborne Charter | $599,021 |
| Concordia Parish | $12,445,970 |
| Delta Charter Group | $1,040,207 |
| DeSoto Parish | $13,615,063 |
| Baton Rouge University Preparatory School, Inc. | $232,485 |
| Central Community School District | $4,400,517 |
| City of Baker School District | $7,032,134 |
| Collegiate Baton Rouge | $1,272,552 |
| Community School for Apprenticeship Learning, Inc. | $1,529,482 |
| Dalton Charter School | $1,986,012 |
| Democracy Prep Baton Rouge | $3,929,571 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | $127,154,445 |
| GEO Next Generation High School | $1,119,733 |
| GEO Prep Mid-City of Greater Baton Rouge | $2,647,748 |
| Glen Oaks Middle School (Redesign Schools LA) | $1,617,376 |
| Iberville Charter Academy | $1,139,191 |
| Impact Charter School | $1,319,959 |
| Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School | $2,266,876 |
| LA Schools for the Deaf and Visually Impaired | $589,174 |
| Lanier Charter School | $1,631,136 |
| Louisiana Key Academy | $808,924 |
| Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy | $6,205,704 |
| Office of Juvenile Justice | $448,553 |
| Recovery School District-LDE | $5,510,032 |
| RSD-Capitol Education Foundation | $1,836,570 |
| Southern University Lab School | $3,525,658 |
| Thrive Academy | $619,336 |
| University View Academy, Inc. (FRM LA Connections) | $7,321,380 |
| Zachary Community School District | $5,705,692 |
| East Carroll Parish | $9,082,646 |
| East Feliciana Parish | $4,726,030 |
| Evangeline Parish | $20,444,151 |
| Franklin Parish | $14,524,982 |
| Grant Parish | $6,337,535 |
| Iberia Parish | $44,072,385 |
| Iberville Parish | $13,249,486 |
| Jackson Parish | $8,236,971 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | $10,667,915 |
| Athlos Academy of Jefferson Parish | $3,291,516 |
| JCFA-East | $700,530 |
| Jefferson Parish | $164,204,886 |
| Acadiana Renaissance Charter Academy | $2,541,099 |
| Advantage Charter Academy | $1,913,459 |
| JCFA Lafayette | $170,378 |
| Lafayette Charter Foundation | $3,102,651 |
| Lafayette Parish | $85,763,677 |
| Willow Charter Academy | $2,437,292 |
| Lafourche Parish | $28,382,550 |
| The MAX Charter School | $192,071 |
| LaSalle Parish | $3,915,693 |
| Lincoln Parish | $18,378,074 |
| Lincoln Preparatory School | $1,836,927 |
| Livingston Parish | $34,059,510 |
| Madison Parish | $11,371,034 |
| Morehouse Parish | $21,372,072 |
| Natchitoches Parish | $23,623,800 |
| Akili Academy of New Orleans | $2,724,494 |
| Alice M Harte Elementary Charter School | $2,798,240 |
| Arise Academy | $2,205,086 |
| Arthur Ashe Charter School | $3,538,142 |
| Audubon Charter School | $1,760,317 |
| Audubon Charter School - Gentilly | $1,217,097 |
| Benjamin Franklin High School | $1,497,794 |
| Bricolage Academy | $1,417,592 |
| Cohen College Prep | $1,675,995 |
| Dr Martin Luther King Charter School for Sci Tech | $4,513,097 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Charter School | $3,082,865 |
| Edna Karr High School | $3,800,269 |
| Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview | $1,223,304 |
| Edward Hynes Charter School - UNO | $1,348,011 |
| Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest | $2,064,392 |
| Einstein Charter Middle Sch at Sarah Towles Reed | $1,770,384 |
| Einstein Charter School at Village De L'Est | $2,090,633 |
| Einstein Sarah T. Reed High School | $1,476,863 |
| Eleanor McMain Secondary School | $3,196,386 |
| ENCORE Academy | $2,293,062 |
| Esperanza Charter School | $2,226,712 |
| Fannie C Williams Charter School | $2,934,996 |
| FirstLine Live Oak | $2,551,537 |
| Foundation Preparatory Academy | $1,035,414 |
| GW Carver Collegiate Academy | $2,938,853 |
| Harriet Tubman Charter School | $3,477,924 |
| Homer Plessy Community School | $2,931,914 |
| Hynes Parkview | $1,950,467 |
| IDEA Public Schools | $1,606,952 |
| International School of Louisiana | $3,361,186 |
| James M Singleton Charter School | $324,008 |
| KIPP Believe | $3,706,963 |
| KIPP Booker T. Washington | $1,950,908 |
| KIPP Central City | $4,489,738 |
| KIPP East Community Primary | $2,247,090 |
| KIPP Ernest N. Dutch Morial | $4,202,207 |
| KIPP Leadership | $4,193,371 |
| KIPP Renaissance High School | $1,947,284 |
| Lafayette Academy Charter School | $2,805,651 |
| Lake Forest Elementary Charter School | $2,209,042 |
| Langston Hughes Charter Academy | $3,549,814 |
| Lawrence D Crocker College Prep | $469,943 |
| Living School, Inc. | $658,570 |
| Livingston Collegiate Academy | $1,954,774 |
| Lord Beaconsfield Landry-Oliver Perry Walker High | $4,362,518 |
| Lusher Charter School | $1,803,130 |
| Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans | $278,988 |
| Martin Behrman Elementary School | $3,265,253 |
| McDonogh 35 Senior High School | $2,566,017 |
| McDonogh 42 Charter School | $2,043,496 |
| Mildred Osborne Charter School | $2,356,375 |
| Morris Jeff Community School | $3,225,707 |
| New Harmony High Institute | $905,690 |
| New Orleans Accelerated High School | $233,866 |
| New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics HS | $1,694,296 |
| New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy | $2,454,822 |
| Noble Minds | $388,050 |
| Orleans Parish | $56,078,617 |
| Paul Habans Charter School | $2,930,011 |
| Phillis Wheatley Community School | $3,245,287 |
| Pierre A. Capdau Charter School | $1,208,796 |
| ReNew Dolores T Aaron Elementary | $3,780,241 |
| ReNEW Schaumburg Elementary | $3,838,175 |
| ReNEW SciTech Academy at Laurel | $3,009,521 |
| Robert Russa Moton Charter School | $1,566,005 |
| Rosenwald Collegiate Academy | $1,142,414 |
| Samuel J Green Charter School | $2,207,728 |
| Sci Academy | $2,311,943 |
| Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence | $1,787,906 |
| Success Preparatory Academy | $2,430,949 |
| The NET Charter High School | $418,996 |
| The NET2 High School | $359,201 |
| Voices for International Business & Education | $1,340,944 |
| Warren Easton Charter Foundation, Inc. | $3,029,385 |
| Wilson Charter School | $2,792,738 |
| City of Monroe School District | $45,780,447 |
| New Vision Learning Academy | $841,408 |
| Ouachita Parish | $44,016,704 |
| GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge | $2,297,958 |
| Belle Chasse Academy | $1,652,608 |
| Plaquemines Parish | $6,384,139 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | $8,349,677 |
| Rapides Parish | $56,479,555 |
| Red River Parish | $5,229,867 |
| Delhi Charter School | $2,440,220 |
| Richland Parish | $12,917,013 |
| Sabine Parish | $8,488,637 |
| St. Bernard Parish | $18,628,093 |
| St. Charles Parish | $12,882,935 |
| St. Helena Parish | $6,563,273 |
| St. James Parish | $6,365,074 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | $15,584,060 |
| JS Clark Leadership Academy | $893,053 |
| St. Landry Parish | $72,046,910 |
| St. Landry Primary School, Incl. | $768,193 |
| St. Martin Parish | $20,674,036 |
| St. Mary Parish | $26,814,128 |
| V. B. Glencoe Charter School | $1,039,364 |
| St. Tammany Parish | $65,072,423 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | $60,243,360 |
| Tensas Parish | $4,051,667 |
| Terrebonne Parish | $50,895,863 |
| D'Arbonne Woods Charter School | $2,305,272 |
| Union Parish | $9,205,179 |
| John F. Kennedy High School | $1,546,238 |
| YACS at Lawrence D. Crocker | $1,668,120 |
| Vermilion Parish | $21,433,092 |
| Williams Scholar Academy | $311,120 |
| Vernon Parish | $13,674,536 |
| City of Bogalusa School District | $13,409,713 |
| Washington Parish | $14,429,961 |
| Webster Parish | $17,688,792 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | $7,240,598 |
| West Carroll Parish | $4,976,006 |
| West Feliciana Parish | $2,702,914 |
| Winn Parish | $4,849,384 |
ESSER allocations by state
Click a state below to see a detailed breakdown of ESSER allocations by district in each state.
- ESSER hub page
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
History of ESSER
Throughout Spring 2020, all 50 states shuttered K-12 public schools to in-person learning. In most states, students would not return to classrooms for the remainder of the academic year. Congress allocated roughly $190 billion to schools between March 2020 and March 2021 through three rounds of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund grants.[9]
Congress also allocated about 10% of ESSER funding—or about $19 billion—to state education agencies.[10]
Each tranche of ESSER funding came with its own deadline. States had until September 30 to commit money they received in the third round (ARP Act) of ESSER funding—unless they requested and received an extension.[11] Districts were required to have spent the funds by the end of January 2025 (though they could request an extension from the federal government).[12]
According to the U.S. Department of Education, “These Federal emergency resources are available for a wide range of activities to address diverse needs arising from or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, or to emerge stronger post-pandemic, including responding to students’ social, emotional, mental health, and academic needs and continuing to provide educational services as States, LEAs, and schools respond to and recover from the pandemic.”[13]
Districts, already facing declining public school enrollment, grappled with the loss of billions of dollars in federal aid as ESSER funds expired.[14] To put the loss in perspective, in 2019, the last year before Congress began allocating ESSER grants, the federal government spent a total of $57.9 billion on K-12 public schools—less than a third of what Congress allocated to schools through ESSER.[15]
A 2023 Education Next analysis of 22 states found that districts had spent about half of the money on labor costs, which could include new hires and raises for existing personnel.[16] A December 2023 Education Week survey of 250 district leaders found that a quarter of respondents said they didn’t anticipate finding alternative funding to cover ongoing expenses made with ESSER grants.[17]
Some districts announced staff and teacher layoffs due to losing ESSER funds.[18][19][20] Districts also cut expenses in other ways, including ending after-school programs, tutoring services, and more.[21][22]
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Footnotes
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, "ESSER Fund Cover Letter," accessed June 13, 2025
- ↑ The 74, "ESSER Post-Mortem: How Did Districts Spend $190B in Federal Funds? Did It Work?" June 29, 2025
- ↑ Intercultural Development Research Association, "How Schools Will Be Impacted by the End of Federal COVID-19 Relief Funding," October 8, 2024
- ↑ District Administration, "Learning loss can still be overcome with ESSER," August 15, 2024
- ↑ Brookings, "The ESSER fiscal cliff will have serious implications for student equity," September 12, 2023
- ↑ Intercultural Development Research Association, "How Schools Will Be Impacted by the End of Federal COVID-19 Relief Funding," October 8, 2024
- ↑ McKinsey & Company, "When the money runs out: K–12 schools brace for stimulus-free budgets," September 18, 2024
- ↑ Edunomics Lab,"ESSER Expenditure Dashboard," accessed June 29, 2025
- ↑ K-12 Dive, "ESSER funding: What it is and how to use it before it expires," February 21, 2023
- ↑ CCSSO, "States Leading: How State Education Agencies Leveraged Pandemic Relief Funds," accessed February 4, 2025
- ↑ New America, "Size: More Money Than Ever Before," accessed February 4, 2025
- ↑ School Superintendents Assocation, "The Advocate March 2024: ESSER Late Liquidation," March 8, 2024
- ↑ U.S. Department of Education, "Frequently Asked Questions," May 2021
- ↑ Brookings, "Breaking down enrollment declines in public schools," March 14, 2024
- ↑ United States Census, "K-12 School Spending Up 4.7% in 2019 From Previous Year," May 18, 2021
- ↑ Education Next, "The Massive ESSER Experiment: Here’s what we’re learning.," April 4, 2023
- ↑ Education Week, "When ESSER Funds Are Gone, Here’s Where Districts May Turn to Fill Gaps," December 5, 2023
- ↑ NBC DFW, "Arlington ISD faces layoffs with COVID-era ESSER grants coming to an end," March 25, 2024
- ↑ K-12 Dive, "Teacher layoffs are growing — and won’t be going away anytime soon," March 26, 2024
- ↑ CT Insider, "Hartford school board approves $429 million budget with staffing cuts across the district," April 18, 2024
- ↑ Chalkbeat, "Many schools want to keep tutoring going when COVID money is gone. How will they pay for it?" February 1, 2024
- ↑ KOSU, "The end of pandemic-era federal dollars may mean the end of some Oklahoma school programs," April 18, 2024
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