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Enrollment
498
High
DISTRICT 930 · STATE 711
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON PARISH·NCES 220084000604
Fisher Middle/High School
2590 Barataria Blvd, Marrero, LA 70072 · (504) 689-3665 · Jefferson Parish
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 18.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
305 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 68 | 14% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
38.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -12.0pp since 2022
Math
35.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 38.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 →
Schools most like Fisher Middle/High School
Fisher Middle/High School's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher Middle/High School this school | 498 | 61.2% | 37.5% |
| Pickering High School Leesville | 379 | 59.1% | 32.8% |
| Delcambre High School Delcambre | 454 | 56.2% | 44.7% |
| Berwick High School Berwick | 469 | 54.6% | N/A |
| Church Point High School Church Point | 504 | 61.3% | N/A |
| Basile High School Basile | 432 | 58.8% | 28.8% |
Matched among Louisiana high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fisher Middle/High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Jefferson Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #19 of 65 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #25 of 69 ▲ 2 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #37 of 70 ▼ 20 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.5pp | #4 of 51 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #158 of 267 | #12 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #162 of 240 | #1 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #146 of 240 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.2% | #160 of 258 | #10 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #153 of 156 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
498
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 27.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 498 | 31.5 | 15.8:1 | 61% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 28.7 | 17.2:1 | 45% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 19.2 | 25.9:1 | 44% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 19 | 27.5:1 | 65% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 20 | 25.2:1 | 44% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 33 | 15.1:1 | 53% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 421 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 53% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 516 | 40 | 12.9:1 | 38% (195) |
| 1990-91 | 520 | 30 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fisher Middle/High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (504 to 498); teachers up 57% (20 to 31.5).
About Fisher Middle/High School
Fisher Middle/High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Marrero, Louisiana. Enrollment totals 498 students across grades 6 through 12. On average, high schools in Louisiana enroll around 711, and this school is 30% below that mark.
Fisher Middle/High School is one school in a 74-school district, Jefferson Parish, which enrolls 46,790 students.
Of every 100 students at Fisher Middle/High School, about 74 are White. The rest of enrollment is 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Among all residents of Jefferson Parish, the White share is about 50%. The diversity index for Fisher Middle/High School is 42%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Fisher Middle/High School lists 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.8 students per teacher. Across high schools in Louisiana, the average ratio is 18.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 61% of the student body.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Fisher Middle/High School is -2.8 points: 37.5% actual, 40.3% predicted.
The school is in Jefferson Parish, where median household income comes to about $65,252, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Jefferson Parish's 86 public schools enroll about 47,983 students and include Fisher Middle/High School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Harry S Truman School, is about 0.2 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 21.4%; Fisher Middle/High School's is 37.5%, ranking 1st of 8.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 498, down from 522 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 15.8 students per teacher, compared with 27.5 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Fisher Middle/High School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Jefferson Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
430,920
Census ACS
Median income
$65,252
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
47,983 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson Parish
- Bonnabel Magnet Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,376 students
- Kenner Discovery Health Sciences AcademyCombined · 2,263 students
- John Ehret High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- West Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,438 students
- East Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,381 students
- Riverdale High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
Other schools in Marrero
- John Ehret High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- L.W. Higgins High SchoolHigh · 1,136 students
- Congetta Trippe Janet Elementary SchoolElementary · 868 students
- Allen Ellender SchoolElementary · 727 students
- Harry S Truman SchoolElementary · 717 students
- L.H. Marrero Middle SchoolMiddle · 619 students
Nearby schools
- Harry S Truman School0.2 mi · 717
- Estelle School0.5 mi · 518
- Congetta Trippe Janet Elementary School0.6 mi · 868
- Allen Ellender School1.2 mi · 727
- Laureate Academy Charter School1.4 mi · 532
- Jefferson RISE Charter School1.7 mi · 764
Frequently asked questions
About Fisher Middle/High SchoolHow many students attend Fisher Middle/High School?
Fisher Middle/High School enrolls approximately 498 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Fisher Middle/High School serve?
Fisher Middle/High School serves grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Fisher Middle/High School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Fisher Middle/High School.
How diverse is Fisher Middle/High School?
Fisher Middle/High School reports a student body of 74% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Fisher Middle/High School?
Fisher Middle/High School is overseen by Jefferson Parish in Jefferson Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.