Hicks High School

Hicks High School is an all-grades campus of tight-knit scale in Leesville, Louisiana, run under Vernon Parish, instructing 336 students in grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 36% leaner than the state mean of about 527.

Vernon Parish runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 7,887 students. Hicks High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Hicks High School lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 4% Hispanic. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 52.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hicks High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Vernon Parish) records that median household income runs about $57,270, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Vernon Parish's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,887 students), Hicks High School is one campus in the mix.

Simpson High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.7 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, Hicks High School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 40.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 362 students in 2018 compared to 336 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.