Grand Isle High School

Grand Isle High School operates as a micro-enrollment combined-grade school in Grand Isle, Louisiana, overseen by Jefferson Parish. Current enrollment sits at 76 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 527 students per school, that is 86% leaner than typical.

Within Jefferson Parish, which oversees 74 schools and 46,790 students, Grand Isle High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Grand Isle High School records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Native American. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 50%.

In terms of school funding signals, Grand Isle High School reports 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 3.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 52.1:1, putting Grand Isle High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 66% of students at Grand Isle High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Grand Isle High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.0%; this one comes in at 15.7%, -21.3 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Jefferson Parish reports that median household income runs about $65,252, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Grand Isle High School is one of 86 public schools in Jefferson Parish (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students).

The closest other public school is Golden Meadow Middle School, roughly 20.6 miles away. On composite proficiency, Grand Isle High School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 33.5%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 46%: 142 students in 2018 compared to 76 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 6% to 13% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 7.5:1 in 2018 to 3.8:1 today.

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