Ferriday High School

Ferriday High School operates as a tight-knit senior high in Ferriday, Louisiana, operated by Concordia Parish. Current enrollment sits at 289 students spanning grades 8 through 12. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 711 students each, so Ferriday High School sits 59% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 10 schools in Concordia Parish (2,911 students total), Ferriday High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Ferriday High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (92%). Beyond that, the school shows 7% White. By comparison, Concordia Parish as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Concordia Parish (around 80%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Concordia Parish) shows that the typical household earns roughly $39,943 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 25%. Ferriday High School is one of 11 public schools in Concordia Parish (combined enrollment of about 3,396 students).

Ferriday Lower Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ferriday High School has ticked down 19%, going from 359 students in 2018 to 289 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

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