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Airline High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Airline High School
Located at 2801 Airline Drive, in Bossier City, Louisiana, Airline High School is an expansive four-year high school that enrolls 1,855 students (grades 8 through 12), run under Bossier Parish. Enrollment runs roughly 161% bigger than the state mean of about 711.
Bossier Parish runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 22,233 students. Airline High School is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Airline High School shows that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 37% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 98 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bossier Parish) reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,617 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Airline High School is one of 34 public schools in Bossier Parish (combined enrollment of about 22,233 students).
Nearest neighbor: Apollo Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Airline High School.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Airline High School has stayed largely flat, going from 1,842 students in 2018 to 1,855 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 52% to 37%.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Bossier Parish at a glance
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