Haynesville Jr./Sr. High School

Set in Haynesville, Louisiana, Haynesville Jr./Sr. High School is a tiny senior high, one of the schools within Claiborne Parish. It instructs 246 students across grades 6 through 12. That puts it 65% leaner than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 711 students.

Across the 6 schools in Claiborne Parish (1,616 students total), Haynesville Jr./Sr. High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Haynesville Jr./Sr. High School lists that 59% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 36% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Claiborne Parish as a whole is about 50% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Haynesville Jr./Sr. High School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. Roughly 75% of students at Haynesville Jr./Sr. High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Claiborne Parish's rate of about 86%.

After controlling for student poverty, Haynesville Jr./Sr. High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 30.3%; this one comes in at 15.3%, -15.0 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, census data for Claiborne Parish shows median household income runs about $32,831, roughly 11% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. Across Claiborne Parish's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,616 students), Haynesville Jr./Sr. High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Haynesville Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Haynesville Jr./Sr. High School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 27.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 24%: 325 students in 2018 compared to 246 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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