Abbeville High School

Abbeville High School, a tight-knit senior high in Abbeville, Louisiana, one of the schools within Vermilion Parish, works with 569 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Across the 20 schools in Vermilion Parish (8,433 students total), Abbeville High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Abbeville High School reports that the most-represented group is Black (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 25% White, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Vermilion Parish runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Vermilion Parish put median household earnings sit near $55,707, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Vermilion Parish's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,278 students), Abbeville High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: James A. Herod Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Abbeville High School.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Abbeville High School's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 659 (now 569). Over the same period, the White share declined from 34% to 25%.

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