Erath High School

Erath High School operates as an intimate 9-12 campus in Erath, Louisiana, part of Vermilion Parish. Current enrollment sits at 557 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 22% leaner than the state mean of about 711.

Within Vermilion Parish, which oversees 20 schools and 8,433 students, Erath High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Erath High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Other groups include 7% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Erath High School records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.5:1. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Vermilion Parish runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, Vermilion Parish reports that median household income runs about $55,707, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Erath High School is one of 24 public schools in Vermilion Parish (combined enrollment of about 10,278 students).

Erath Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Erath High School has showed little movement, going from 564 students in 2018 to 557 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 83% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

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