Block High School

Block High School is one of the rural-scale four-year high schools in Jonesville, Louisiana, operated by Catahoula Parish, with 179 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 711 students each, so Block High School sits 75% below that benchmark.

Block High School is one of 5 schools operated by Catahoula Parish, a district that serves 898 students overall.

On demographics, Block High School shows that 60% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder comes out to 36% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Catahoula Parish runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Block High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 16.6%, the actual is 9.3%, a residual of -7.3 points.

Around the school, census data for Catahoula Parish shows median household earnings sit near $50,275, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. Block High School is one of 5 public schools in Catahoula Parish (combined enrollment of about 898 students).

Jonesville Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Block High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 28.7%.

Block High School operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Block High School has declined 11%, going from 201 students in 2018 to 179 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 36% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

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