Jeanerette Senior High School

Jeanerette Senior High School, a modestly sized four-year high school in Jeanerette, Louisiana, part of Iberia Parish, teaches 291 students, covering grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 711 students per school, that is 59% leaner than typical.

Iberia Parish runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 11,037 students. Jeanerette Senior High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Jeanerette Senior High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). Beyond that, the school records 6% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.1:1. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Iberia Parish's rate of about 74%.

With demographic context factored in, Jeanerette Senior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Iberia Parish put median household earnings sit near $56,961, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Iberia Parish runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,111 students), of which Jeanerette Senior High School is one.

St. Charles Street Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jeanerette Senior High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 35.7%.

Jeanerette Senior High School operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Jeanerette Senior High School's enrollment has shrank 31% since 2018, when it stood at 421 (now 291). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 12% to 6%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.

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