Harrisonburg High School

Harrisonburg High School is an unified-grade school of close-knit scale in Harrisonburg, Louisiana, overseen by Catahoula Parish, works with 318 students in grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 527 students each, so Harrisonburg High School sits 40% below that benchmark.

Catahoula Parish runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 898 students. Harrisonburg High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Harrisonburg High School lists that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder reads as 6% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Catahoula Parish as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages around 52.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Catahoula Parish (around 84%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Harrisonburg High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Catahoula Parish) shows that median household earnings sit near $50,275, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Catahoula Parish runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 898 students), of which Harrisonburg High School is one.

Block High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 9.8 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Harrisonburg High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 338 students in 2018 compared to 318 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 91% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Harrisonburg High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.