, ▁Ass umption , ▁Cla ib or ne , ▁Mad ison , ▁Pla qu em ines , ▁Red ▁River ▁and ▁West ▁Fel ic iana ▁par ishes ▁received ▁the ▁highest ▁per ▁pup il ▁fund ing ▁while ▁Ac ad ia , ▁A voy elles , ▁Grant ▁and ▁Verm ill ion ▁par ishes ▁received ▁the ▁lowest ▁per ▁pup il ▁fund ing . ▁Among ▁the ▁ 1 0 ▁districts ▁with ▁the ▁highest ▁M FP ▁per ▁pup il ▁that ▁year , ▁the ▁average ▁local ▁contribution ▁was ▁$ 3 , 9 0 0 , ▁and ▁the ▁average ▁state ▁contribution ▁was ▁$ 6 , 0 5 0 . ▁ ▁Among ▁the ▁ 1 0 ▁districts ▁with ▁the ▁lowest ▁M FP ▁per ▁pup il ▁that ▁year , ▁the ▁average ▁local ▁contribution ▁was ▁$ 1 , 8 5 0 ▁and ▁the ▁average ▁state ▁contribution ▁was ▁$ 5 , 6 0 0 . ▁Total ▁fund ing ▁levels ▁per ▁student ▁vary ▁based ▁on ▁student ▁population ▁needs . ▁ ▁We ight ed ▁formula ▁M FP ▁fund ing ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 - 2 0 1 1 ▁fis cal ▁year ▁tot aled ▁$ 3 , 3 0 8 , 7 4 1 , 8 2 1 . ▁That ▁amount ▁divided ▁even ly ▁among ▁ 6 9 6 , 4 4 4 ▁public ▁school ▁students ▁in ▁Louisiana ▁would ▁work ▁out ▁to ▁$ 4 , 7 5 0 ▁per ▁pup il . ▁But ▁some ▁students ▁cost ▁more ▁to ▁educ ate ▁than ▁others . ▁R ather ▁than ▁increasing ▁the ▁doll ar ▁amount , ▁the ▁M FP