Dodson High School

Dodson High School is a combined-grade school of small scale in Dodson, Louisiana, overseen by Winn Parish, educateing 283 students in grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 46% smaller than the state mean of about 527.

Within Winn Parish, which oversees 5 schools and 1,732 students, Dodson High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Dodson High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%); the rest is composed of 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 52.1:1, putting Dodson High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Dodson High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 33.5%; actual is 13.0%, a gap of -20.5 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Winn Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $48,871 per year, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Dodson High School is one of 6 public schools in Winn Parish (combined enrollment of about 1,732 students).

Nearest neighbor: Winnfield Middle School, around 9.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Dodson High School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 21.4%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dodson High School has edged down 19%, going from 350 students in 2018 to 283 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.