Enrollment
218
Combined
DISTRICT 149 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMERON PARISH·NCES 220039000290
Hackberry High School
1250 School Street, Hackberry, LA 70645 · (337) 762-3305 · Cameron Parish
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL218 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Louisiana public K-12 schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
7.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 5.5:1 · STATE 52.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
99 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 9 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 9 | 4% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 16 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 13 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 13 | 6% |
| Grade 12 | 15 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 46% larger than its 8th grade class (13).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
34.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -7.0pp since 2022
Math
28.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 7 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 34.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 35.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Hackberry High School
Hackberry High School's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackberry High School this school | 218 | 45.4% | 31.8% |
| Starks High School Starks | 284 | 46.1% | 17.2% |
| South Cameron High School Grand Chenier | 161 | 50.9% | 28.0% |
| Castor High School Castor | 417 | 53.5% | 42.7% |
| Saline High School Saline | 303 | 55.4% | 45.8% |
| Georgetown High School Georgetown | 236 | 60.2% | 25.8% |
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 Hackberry High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #28 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #33 of 55 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #41 of 55 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #5 of 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 218 | #53 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.4:1 | #2 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.3% | #52 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #57 of 62 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #28 of 44 |
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
218
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 361
Student : Teacher
7.4:1
was 9.0:1
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 | 218 | 29.6 | 7.4:1 | 45% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 210 | 25 | 8.4:1 | 43% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 212 | 26.9 | 7.9:1 | 47% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 215 | 24 | 9.0:1 | 51% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 238 | 25.1 | 9.5:1 | 38% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 215 | 30 | 7.2:1 | 27% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 198 | 30 | 6.6:1 | 49% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 294 | 27 | 10.9:1 | 42% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 361 | 30 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hackberry High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (238 to 218); teachers up 18% (25.1 to 29.6).
About Hackberry High School
Hackberry High School is a public combined-grade school run by Cameron Parish in Hackberry, Louisiana. The latest federal count shows 218 students in pre-K through 12. The average for combined schools in Louisiana is about 527 students, so this school is 59% smaller than average.
Cameron Parish has 5 schools; together they serve 1,120 students.
White students make up 97% of enrollment at Hackberry High School. Next come 2% multiracial. That compares with about 86% White among all Cameron Parish residents. The school's diversity index is 6%, meaning two students picked at random have a 6% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 29.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 7.4:1. On average, combined schools in Louisiana have 52.1:1, compared with 7.4:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 45% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 43% average for public schools in Cameron Parish.
The allk12 Grade for Hackberry High School is C. Compared with Louisiana public K-12 schools, the school scored higher than 26% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Hackberry High School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Louisiana. Predicted: 51.7%. Actual: 31.8%.
Across Cameron Parish, the median household income is $75,278, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Cameron Parish is home to 5 public schools and about 1,120 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Grand Lake Elementary, about 11.1 miles away. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Hackberry High School is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Hackberry High School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 215 to 218, a small change. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 9.0:1 to 7.4:1.
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Cameron Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,015
Census ACS
Median income
$75,278
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,120 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cameron Parish
- Grand Lake ElementaryElementary · 351 students
- Grand Lake High SchoolHigh · 322 students
- South Cameron High SchoolCombined · 161 students
- Johnson Bayou High SchoolCombined · 68 students
Nearby schools
- Grand Lake Elementary11.1 mi · 351
- Grand Lake High School11.2 mi · 322
- Vincent Settlement Elementary School11.3 mi · 284
- St. John Elementary School13.4 mi · 670
- Cypress Cove Elementary School14.7 mi · 399
- Alfred M. Barbe High School15.0 mi · 1,908
Frequently asked questions
About Hackberry High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hackberry High School?
Hackberry High School enrolls approximately 218 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does Hackberry High School serve?
Hackberry High School serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Hackberry High School?
Approximately 7.4:1 students per teacher at Hackberry High School.
How diverse is Hackberry High School?
Hackberry High School reports a student body of 97% White, 0% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Hackberry High School in?
Hackberry High School is part of Cameron Parish.
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