Louisiana Parish Superintendent Salaries

There has been quite a bit of buzz lately regarding the salaries of New Orleans CMO leaders. Attention has been turned to the profit that can be made off the heads of children in New Orleans and other cities who are making the move to having more charter schools. However, it turns out that education leadership in Louisiana is where it's at, not just New Orleans. Our state superintendent, John White, makes $275k- more than the average state superintendent in the U.S., despite Louisiana hanging steady at 48th in the nation in education. So it is no surprise that his parish superintendents are worth as much.

In the spreadsheet below, the yearly salary is listed for every parish superintendent in the state. I  sorted it by school performance and highlighted superintendents who make over $120k by score. There are 11 superintendents making over $120k and running "A" districts, but 7 of them are serving fewer than 10k students.
I had to ask why is the superintendent of City of Baker, who services fewer than 2k students and has a "D" rating, make more than the superintendent of Richland who services twice as many? Why is the superintendent of Orleans, who does not actually direct run ANY schools, make almost $200k? THREE of the SEVEN superintendents making over $200k (not counting Orleans at $193k)are running C districts. In a state that performs below nearly every other state in the country.

It's about time to demand better from ed leaders for the sake of the children.

Louisiana Parish Superintendent Salary sorted