Enrollment
139
Combined
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIENVILLE PARISH·NCES 220021000095
Gibsland-Coleman High School
10th Street, Gibsland, LA 71028 · (318) 843-6247 · Bienville Parish
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL139 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Louisiana public K-12 schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
6.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.4:1 · STATE 52.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
118 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 9 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 10 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 6 | 4% |
| Grade 3 | 8 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 7 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 7 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 12 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 10 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 11 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 9 | 6% |
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
41.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
30.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 41.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
30.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.2%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Gibsland-Coleman High School
Gibsland-Coleman High School's state test result (30.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibsland-Coleman High School this school | 139 | 84.9% | 30.2% |
| Phoenix High School Braithwaite | 203 | 79.3% | 27.7% |
| Helix Aviation Academy Baton Rouge | 383 | 90.1% | 15.2% |
| Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge Baton Rouge | 351 | 76.4% | N/A |
| Pleasant Hill High School Pleasant Hill | 228 | 83.3% | 10.2% |
| Morehouse Magnet School Bastrop | 284 | 72.2% | 56.0% |
Matched among Louisiana K-12 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 Gibsland-Coleman High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #33 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #32 of 55 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #30 of 55 ▼ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #30 of 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 139 | #60 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.9% | #9 of 62 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
139
-42 (-23%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 388
Student : Teacher
6.7:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 139 | 20.9 | 6.7:1 | 85% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 157 | 21 | 7.5:1 | 66% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 155 | 18.1 | 8.6:1 | 76% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 181 | 15 | 12.1:1 | 52% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 178 | 18.8 | 9.4:1 | 76% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 185 | N/A | N/A | 84% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 234 | 22 | 10.6:1 | 87% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 328 | 24 | 13.7:1 | 90% (296) |
| 1990-91 | 388 | 28 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gibsland-Coleman High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (178 to 139); teachers up 11% (18.8 to 20.9).
About Gibsland-Coleman High School
Gibsland, Louisiana, is home to Gibsland-Coleman High School, a small combined-grade school. It enrolled 139 students in pre-K through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 74% lower than the average for combined schools in Louisiana, which is about 527.
Bienville Parish is the district for Gibsland-Coleman High School. It has 7 schools and 1,799 students.
Gibsland-Coleman High School's enrollment is 99% Black. That is higher than the 40% Black share among all Bienville Parish residents. Gibsland-Coleman High School's diversity index is 3%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 6.7:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 52.1:1 average for combined schools in Louisiana. The school's lunch program data list 85% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 73% average among public schools in Bienville Parish.
Measured against Louisiana public K-12 schools, Gibsland-Coleman High School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Gibsland-Coleman High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.2% and a predicted 23.2%.
Among Bienville Parish residents, the median household income is $35,011, about 13% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 22%. Besides Gibsland-Coleman High School, Bienville Parish has 8 other public schools.
Arcadia High School is the public school closest to Gibsland-Coleman High School, about 9.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 2. On average proficiency, Gibsland-Coleman High School is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put Gibsland-Coleman High School in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
Gibsland-Coleman High School's enrollment dropped from 181 in 2020-21 to 139 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.1:1 to 6.7:1.
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Bienville Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,638
Census ACS
Median income
$35,011
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bienville Parish
- Castor High SchoolCombined · 417 students
- Saline High SchoolCombined · 303 students
- Crawford Elementary SchoolElementary · 278 students
- Arcadia High SchoolHigh · 248 students
- Ringgold High SchoolHigh · 219 students
- Ringgold Elementary SchoolElementary · 195 students
Nearby schools
- Arcadia High School9.1 mi · 248
- Crawford Elementary School9.1 mi · 278
- Central Elementary School10.9 mi · 427
- Webster Junior High School13.2 mi · 461
- J. A. Phillips Elementary School13.3 mi · 429
- J. L. Jones Elementary School13.5 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Gibsland-Coleman High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gibsland-Coleman High School?
Gibsland-Coleman High School enrolls approximately 139 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does Gibsland-Coleman High School serve?
Gibsland-Coleman High School serves grades PK-12.
How many students per teacher at Gibsland-Coleman High School?
Approximately 6.7:1 students per teacher at Gibsland-Coleman High School.
What is the student diversity at Gibsland-Coleman High School?
Student demographics at Gibsland-Coleman High School are roughly 1% White, 99% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Gibsland-Coleman High School?
Gibsland-Coleman High School is overseen by Bienville Parish in Bienville Parish.
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