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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Evans High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
364
Combined
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VERNON PARISH·NCES 220183001407
Evans High School
Highway 111, Evans, LA 70639 · (337) 286-5289 · Vernon Parish
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 52.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
280 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 70%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 2023-24 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
49.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
36.0%
LA avg 32.1% . -6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
364
-26 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 15.3:1
% White
94%
was 96%
% Hispanic
2%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Evans High School
Evans High School is one of the modestly sized all-grades campuss in Evans, Louisiana, run under Vernon Parish, with 364 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 31% below the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 527 students.
Evans High School is one of 18 schools operated by Vernon Parish, a district that works with 7,887 students overall.
On demographics, Evans High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder comes out to 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Evans High School shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 52.1:1 average. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Vernon Parish (around 64%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Evans High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.0%.
Around the school, Vernon Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $57,270, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Evans High School is one of 18 public schools in Vernon Parish (combined enrollment of about 7,887 students).
The closest other public school is BURKEVILLE SCHOOL, roughly 10.0 miles away. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Evans High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.4%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Five-year trend. Evans High School's enrollment has fell 7% since 2018, when it stood at 390 (now 364). Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.
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Vernon Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,117
Census ACS
Median income
$57,270
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
7,887 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vernon Parish
- Rosepine Elementary SchoolElementary · 856 students
- Leesville High SchoolHigh · 748 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolElementary · 675 students
- West Leesville Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Rosepine High SchoolHigh · 572 students
- Pickering Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
Nearby schools
- BURKEVILLE SCHOOL10.0 mi · 252
- Rosepine High School13.5 mi · 572
- Rosepine Elementary School13.7 mi · 856
- Pickering Elementary School14.0 mi · 476
- Pickering High School14.1 mi · 379
- DeRidder High School14.7 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About Evans High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Evans High School?
Evans High School enrolls approximately 364 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does Evans High School serve?
Evans High School serves grades PK-12.
How many teachers does Evans High School have?
Evans High School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Evans High School?
At Evans High School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Evans High School public or private?
Evans High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vernon Parish.
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