Louisiana has 26 districts with slow internet - here are the 10 slowest

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October 14, 2022
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Louisiana has 26 districts with slow internet - here are the 10 slowest

Access to high-speed internet in schools has come a long way in the last decade. In 2013, 70% of U.S. schools lacked an internet connection of 100 Kbps per student, the minimum speed the Federal Communication Commission set to meet basic classroom needs. By 2018, fewer than 2% of schools failed to meet that threshold.

As more schools integrate technology into the classroom, the need for fast, reliable internet is even greater. In 2020, the FCC upped the bandwidth minimum to 1 Mbps per student—10 times faster than the previous minimum. Nearly 6 in 10 school districts met or exceeded that benchmark in 2021—a 25% increase year over year, according to an analysis from Connect K-12.

Nearly 28 million U.S. students attend schools where internet speeds do not meet the FCC guidelines.

Stacker compiled a list of school districts in Louisiana with the slowest internet speeds using data from Connect K-12. School districts are ranked by internet speed in Mbps. Ties are broken by the number of students in the school district.

#10. Calcasieu Parish School District
- Bandwidth per student: 0.6 Mbps
- Total students: 27,374
- Cost per Mbps: $0.45
- Total monthly cost: $4,545.45

#9. Lafayette Parish School District
- Bandwidth per student: 0.54 Mbps
- Total students: 31,275
- Cost per Mbps: $0.4
- Total monthly cost: $3,999.00

#8. Rapides Parish School District
- Bandwidth per student: 0.52 Mbps
- Total students: 22,482
- Cost per Mbps: $0.47
- Total monthly cost: $3,514.99

#7. West Carroll Parish School District
- Bandwidth per student: 0.51 Mbps
- Total students: 1,962
- Cost per Mbps: $2
- Total monthly cost: $1,999.00

#6. St Landry Parish School District
- Bandwidth per student: 0.51 Mbps
- Total students: 14,029
- Cost per Mbps: $1
- Total monthly cost: $4,999.00

#5. West Feliciana Parish Schools
- Bandwidth per student: 0.46 Mbps
- Total students: 2,282
- Cost per Mbps: $2.1
- Total monthly cost: $2,099.00

#4. Grant Parish School Board
- Bandwidth per student: 0.36 Mbps
- Total students: 3,035
- Cost per Mbps: $2.06
- Total monthly cost: $2,057.00

#3. Franklin Parish School District
- Bandwidth per student: 0.35 Mbps
- Total students: 3,117
- Cost per Mbps: $2
- Total monthly cost: $1,999.00

#2. Monroe City School District
- Bandwidth per student: 0.31 Mbps
- Total students: 8,219
- Cost per Mbps: $1.52
- Total monthly cost: $3,035.25

#1. Madison Parish School Board
- Bandwidth per student: 0.25 Mbps
- Total students: 1,243
- Cost per Mbps: $34.92
- Total monthly cost: $10,999.03

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