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Grant High School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Grant High School
Located at 17779 Highway 167, in Dry Prong, Louisiana, Grant High School is a tight-knit four-year high school that caters to 569 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Grant Parish.
Grant Parish runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 2,871 students. Grant High School is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Grant High School records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 13% Black, 2% multiracial.
On the resource side, The school reports having 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.0:1, putting Grant High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Grant Parish runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Grant Parish put median household earnings sit near $64,016, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Grant High School is one of 8 public schools in Grant Parish (combined enrollment of about 2,871 students).
The closest other public school is Grant Junior High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Grant High School's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 661 (now 569). White enrollment moved from 87% to 82% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.
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