Gibsland-Coleman High School

Gibsland-Coleman High School is an unified-grade school of tiny scale in Gibsland, Louisiana, part of Bienville Parish, caters to 139 students in grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 74% below the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 527 students.

Within Bienville Parish, which oversees 7 schools and 1,799 students, Gibsland-Coleman High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Gibsland-Coleman High School reports that nearly all students (99%) are Black. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 40%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Gibsland-Coleman High School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 52.1:1, putting Gibsland-Coleman High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Bienville Parish's rate of about 73%.

After controlling for student poverty, Gibsland-Coleman High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.4%; this one delivers 31.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bienville Parish put median household earnings sit near $35,011, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. In all, Bienville Parish runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,799 students), of which Gibsland-Coleman High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Arcadia High School, around 9.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gibsland-Coleman High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 27.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 22%: 178 students in 2018 compared to 139 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged up from 88% to 99%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 6.7:1 in 2025.

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