Ellender Memorial High School

Ellender Memorial High School is a reasonably sized senior high in Houma, Louisiana, operated by Terrebonne Parish. The school caters to 819 students in grades 9 through 12.

Across the 30 schools in Terrebonne Parish (15,168 students total), Ellender Memorial High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Ellender Memorial High School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (31%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 29% Black, 19% White, 10% multiracial, 10% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 7% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Terrebonne Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $64,836 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Ellender Memorial High School is one of 32 public schools in Terrebonne Parish (combined enrollment of about 15,201 students).

Nearest neighbor: Oaklawn Middle School, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Ellender Memorial High School's enrollment has decreased 19% since 2018, when it stood at 1,012 (now 819). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 10% to 31%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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