Booker T. Washington High

Booker T. Washington High is a four-year high school of medium-sized scale in Shreveport, Louisiana, part of Caddo Parish, caters to 722 students in grades 9 through 13.

Caddo Parish runs 57 schools in total, collectively educating 32,649 students. Booker T. Washington High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Booker T. Washington High shows that nearly all students (96%) are Black. Beyond that, the school records 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Caddo Parish as a whole is about 49% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Booker T. Washington High has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Caddo Parish (around 68%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Caddo Parish put median household earnings sit near $50,705, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. In all, Caddo Parish runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,851 students), of which Booker T. Washington High is one.

J. S. Clark Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Booker T. Washington High.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 28%: 999 students in 2018 compared to 722 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.