Bastrop High School

Bastrop High School operates as an average-sized secondary school in Bastrop, Louisiana, overseen by Morehouse Parish. Current enrollment sits at 794 students spanning grades 7 through 12.

Morehouse Parish comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,082 students; Bastrop High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bastrop High School records that nearly all students (89%) are Black; the rest comes out to 8% White. By comparison, Morehouse Parish as a whole is about 48% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Bastrop High School has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Morehouse Parish (around 75%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the surrounding community, Morehouse Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $39,454, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. In all, Morehouse Parish runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,082 students), of which Bastrop High School is one.

The closest other public school is Morehouse Magnet School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Bastrop High School.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 846 students in 2018 compared to 794 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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