Hathaway High School

Hathaway High School is one of the medium-sized all-grades campuss in Jennings, Louisiana, part of Jefferson Davis Parish, with 566 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12.

Hathaway High School is one of 12 schools operated by Jefferson Davis Parish, a district that works with 5,210 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Hathaway High School records that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 52.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at Hathaway High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Jefferson Davis Parish's rate of about 58%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hathaway High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 52.0%; actual is 38.0%, a gap of -14.0 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jefferson Davis Parish) shows that median household income runs about $57,341, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson Davis Parish runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,210 students), of which Hathaway High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jennings High School, around 7.5 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Hathaway High School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.3%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 559 students in 2018 compared to 566 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 92% to 87% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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