Carencro High School

Carencro High School operates as an expansive high school in Lafayette, Louisiana, operated by Lafayette Parish. Current enrollment sits at 1,116 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 57% bigger than the state mean of about 711.

Lafayette Parish comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 29,396 students; Carencro High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Carencro High School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 25% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lafayette Parish runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Lafayette Parish reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,451 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Carencro High School is one of 50 public schools in Lafayette Parish (combined enrollment of about 35,903 students).

Nearest neighbor: Live Oak Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Carencro High School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Carencro High School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 1,117 (now 1,116). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 6% to 12%. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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