Enrollment
283
Combined
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINN PARISH·NCES 220201001480
Dodson High School
305 Jones Street, Dodson, LA 71422 · (318) 628-2172 · Winn Parish
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Louisiana public K-12 schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 52.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
200 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 12 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 4% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 21 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 11 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 24 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (12) is 43% smaller than its 8th grade class (21).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65% · US 70%
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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
38.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +27.0pp since 2022
Math
24.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +17.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 27 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 17 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 38.0% | 24.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 9.0% |
| 2022-23 | 11.0% | 7.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Dodson High School
Dodson High School's state test result (16.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dodson High School this school | 283 | 70.7% | 16.3% |
| Simpson High School Simpson | 252 | 67.5% | 48.0% |
| Hornbeck High School Hornbeck | 335 | 67.2% | 27.8% |
| Harrisonburg High School Harrisonburg | 318 | 67.3% | 35.2% |
| Evans High School Evans | 364 | 76.9% | 41.7% |
| Mt. Hermon School Mt. Hermon | 373 | 71.8% | 18.5% |
Matched among Louisiana K-12 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 Dodson High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #53 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #42 of 55 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #39 of 55 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +22.0pp | #1 of 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #46 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #13 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.0% | #42 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.7% | #26 of 62 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #15 of 44 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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 2024-25Enrollment
283
-15 (-5%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 283 | 28.1 | 10.1:1 | 71% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 26.1 | 11.6:1 | 76% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 290 | 23.5 | 12.3:1 | 68% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 20 | 14.9:1 | 53% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 350 | 18.6 | 18.8:1 | 70% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | N/A | N/A | 68% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 22 | 15.1:1 | 65% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 26 | 15.6:1 | 49% (200) |
| 1990-91 | 437 | 27 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dodson High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (350 to 283); teachers up 51% (18.6 to 28.1).
About Dodson High School
Dodson High School is one of the public schools in Dodson, Louisiana. It is a low-enrollment school serving multiple grade levels. Total enrollment is 283 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 12. By comparison, combined schools in Louisiana enroll about 527 students on average.
Federal data list 5 schools in Winn Parish, with 1,732 students enrolled.
The share of students at Dodson High School who are White is 92%. Enrollment also includes 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Among people living in Winn Parish, the White share is about 62%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 16, compared with 70 nationally.
With 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.1:1. Combined schools in Louisiana have an average ratio of 52.1:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Dodson High School, 71% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 70% average for public schools in Winn Parish.
Dodson High School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 15% of Louisiana public K-12 schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 33.4% for Dodson High School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 16.3%. The 17.1-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Louisiana schools.
In Winn Parish, median household income comes to about $48,871, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Winn Parish counts 6 public schools with about 1,732 students.
Winnfield Middle School is about 9.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within ten miles number 2. On average proficiency, Dodson High School is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment fell by 5% across 4 years, from 298 in 2020-21 to 283 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.9:1 in 2020-21 to 10.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Winn Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,467
Census ACS
Median income
$48,871
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,732 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Winn Parish
- Winnfield Primary SchoolElementary · 485 students
- Winnfield High SchoolHigh · 350 students
- Winnfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 325 students
- Calvin High SchoolCombined · 289 students
- Atlanta High SchoolCombined
Other Dodson High schools
One other US public school is named Dodson High. Dodson High School is the largest of the 2.
- Dodson High SchoolDodson, MT · 24 students
Nearby schools
- Winnfield Middle School9.0 mi · 325
- Winnfield High School9.0 mi · 350
- Calvin High School10.2 mi · 289
- Winnfield Primary School10.6 mi · 485
- Jonesboro-Hodge Elementary School10.8 mi · 291
- Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School11.4 mi · 145
Frequently asked questions
About Dodson High SchoolHow many students attend Dodson High School?
Dodson High School enrolls approximately 283 students in grades PK-12.
Is Dodson High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dodson High School is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does Dodson High School have?
Dodson High School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Dodson High School?
Student demographics at Dodson High School are roughly 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Dodson High School?
Dodson High School is overseen by Winn Parish in Winn Parish.
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