Homer High School

Homer High School is one of the micro-enrollment 9-12 campuss in Homer, Louisiana, overseen by Claiborne Parish, with 237 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 711 students per school, that is 67% smaller than typical.

Homer High School is one of 6 schools operated by Claiborne Parish, a district that works with 1,616 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Homer High School reports that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder reads as 9% White, 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 50%.

On the resource side, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Claiborne Parish runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Claiborne Parish) shows that median household income runs about $32,831, 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. Across Claiborne Parish's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,616 students), Homer High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Homer Junior High School, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Homer High School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 17%: 203 students in 2018 compared to 237 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.