Acadiana High School

Acadiana High School is a high-enrollment high school in Lafayette, Louisiana, one of the schools in Lafayette Parish. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,652 students. By comparison, high schools in Louisiana enroll about 711 students on average.

Federal data list 44 schools in Lafayette Parish, with 29,396 students enrolled.

The largest racial or ethnic group at Acadiana High School is White, with 38% of students. Other groups make up 35% Black, 21% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Lafayette Parish as a whole is about 63% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.

Acadiana High School lists 75.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 21.9 students per teacher. Across high schools in Louisiana, the average ratio is 18.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 57% of the student body. Public schools in Lafayette Parish average a similar 59%.

For Lafayette Parish, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $67,451 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Lafayette Parish number 50, with about 35,903 students.

Measured in a straight line, Prairie Elementary School is about 1.2 miles from Acadiana High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Enrollment was 1,652 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,754. Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.7:1 in 2020-21, and 21.9:1 in 2024-25.

The allk12 page for Acadiana High School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.