Jefferson Virtual High School

Jefferson Virtual High School is a public high school in Jefferson, Louisiana. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 67 students. That compares with an average of about 711 students for high schools in Louisiana.

Within Jefferson Parish, Jefferson Virtual High School is one of 74 schools. The district enrolls 46,790 students.

No group is above 50% at Jefferson Virtual High School; the largest is Black, at 39%. It is also 28% White, 21% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Jefferson Parish's residents are about 26% Black, 13 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 72%.

Its ratio of 4.0:1 is based on 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Louisiana average 18.0:1, 14.0 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 57%. That rate is below the 68% average among public schools in Jefferson Parish.

The county, Jefferson Parish, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $65,252, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 86 public schools and about 47,983 students.

Riverdale High School sits about 0.4 miles from Jefferson Virtual High School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Jefferson Virtual High School. Members of the school community can share what they know.