Glenmora High School

Glenmora High School operates as a mid-sized multi-level school in Glenmora, Louisiana, one of the schools within Rapides Parish. Current enrollment sits at 673 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 28% above the state mean of about 527.

Rapides Parish runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 21,340 students. Glenmora High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Glenmora High School records that White students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Rapides Parish as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 52.1:1 average. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Glenmora High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.8%, the actual is 29.7%, a residual of +2.9 points.

In the broader community, Rapides Parish reports that median household income runs about $54,967, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Rapides Parish runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,481 students), of which Glenmora High School is one.

The closest other public school is Forest Hill Junior High School, roughly 5.2 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Glenmora High School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 34.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Glenmora High School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 674 (now 673). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 18% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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