Berwick High School

Set in Berwick, Louisiana, Berwick High School is an intimate four-year high school, part of St. Mary Parish. It educates 469 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 711 students each, so Berwick High School sits 34% smaller than that benchmark.

St. Mary Parish runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 7,153 students. Berwick High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Berwick High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 16% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, St. Mary Parish as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.0:1, putting Berwick High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, St. Mary Parish runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (St. Mary Parish) logs that the typical household earns roughly $52,576 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Across St. Mary Parish's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,765 students), Berwick High School is one campus in the mix.

Berwick Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 517 students in 2018 compared to 469 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 68% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.