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Buckeye High School

715 Highway 1207, Deville, LA 71328 · (318) 466-5678 · Rapides Parish
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL915 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 91% of Louisiana public high schools
  • ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public high schools

Enrollment
915
High
DISTRICT 890 · STATE 711
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 18.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
542 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 612013%
Grade 714616%
Grade 812514%
Grade 913315%
Grade 1013114%
Grade 1113515%
Grade 1212514%
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 65% · US 70%
White
88997%
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 41% · US 43%
Hispanic
101%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
51%
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 42% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
61%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
40%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
47952%
Female
43648%

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Test scores

LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+
English Language Arts
61.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
50.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +14.0pp since 2022

What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 14 points.

LEAP 2025 results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2025-2661.0%50.0%
2024-2565.0%54.0%
2023-2453.0%45.0%
2022-2355.0%36.0%
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Buckeye High School

Buckeye High School's state test result (48.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Buckeye High School this school91559.2%48.8%
Doyle High School
Livingston
64362.2%39.8%
Pine School
Franklinton
73858.7%35.3%
Grant High School
Dry Prong
56958.2%N/A
Live Oak High School
Watson
1,39260.3%N/A
Rosepine High School
Rosepine
57265.0%47.7%
Matched among Louisiana high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Buckeye High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn LouisianaIn Rapides Parish
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
48.8%#12 of 65N/A
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
50.0%#9 of 69
▼ 1
N/A
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
61.0%#8 of 70
▼ 1
N/A
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+10.0pp#11 of 51N/A
Enrollment
ranked largest first
915#70 of 267#4 of 7
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.4:1#87 of 240#3 of 7
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
5.6%#232 of 240#7 of 7
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
59.2%#172 of 258#6 of 7
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-17.8%#61 of 156N/A
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
915
-71 (-7%) vs 2020
+82% since 1990-91, when it was 503
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 18.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2591568.313.4:159% (542)
2023-2496366.514.5:156% (544)
2022-2397255.417.5:149% (473)
2020-219865418.3:140% (391)
2017-181,1135719.5:149% (550)
2015-161,1356617.2:147% (538)
2010-111,0065717.6:142% (422)
2000-016944316.1:133% (231)
1990-915033116.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buckeye High School.

Since 2017-18: students down 18% (1,113 to 915); teachers up 20% (57 to 68.3).

About Buckeye High School

Buckeye High School is a mid-sized high school in Deville, Louisiana. It teaches 915 students in grades 6 through 12. High schools in Louisiana have about 711 students on average; enrollment here is 29% higher.

Rapides Parish has 21,340 students in 43 schools, and Buckeye High School is one of those schools.

Of every 100 students at Buckeye High School, about 97 are White. That is higher than the 61% White share among all Rapides Parish residents. A diversity index of 6% means there is a 6% chance two randomly chosen students at Buckeye High School are from different groups.

There are 68.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.4:1. Across high schools in Louisiana, the average ratio is 18.0:1. Of all students at Buckeye High School, 59% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 77% average for public schools in Rapides Parish is 18 points higher.

Among Louisiana public high schools, Buckeye High School outscored 91%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.

The BeatsExpectations prediction for Buckeye High School is 41.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.8%.

For Rapides Parish, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $54,967 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Buckeye High School, Rapides Parish has 51 public schools.

Hayden R. Lawrence Upper Elementary School is the nearest public school to Buckeye High School, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Buckeye High School is ahead of the 46.3% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.

Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Enrollment was 915 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 986. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.3:1 to 13.4:1.

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Rapides Parish at a glance

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Population
127,527
Census ACS
Median income
$54,967
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
21,481 students

Quick facts

School name
Buckeye High School
District
Rapides Parish
Address
715 Highway 1207, Deville, LA 71328
Phone
(318) 466-5678
County
Rapides Parish
Level
High
Grade range
06–12
Total enrollment
915
Teachers (FTE)
68
Student–teacher ratio
13.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
542 (59%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
220129001047
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Rapides Parish
Other schools in Deville
Other Buckeye High schools

One other US public school is named Buckeye High. Buckeye High School is the largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Buckeye High School
What is the total enrollment at Buckeye High School?
Buckeye High School enrolls approximately 915 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Buckeye High School serve?
Buckeye High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Buckeye High School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Buckeye High School.
How diverse is Buckeye High School?
Buckeye High School reports a student body of 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Buckeye High School?
Buckeye High School is overseen by Rapides Parish in Rapides Parish.
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