Jena High School

Jena High School is a tight-knit senior high in Jena, Louisiana, part of LaSalle Parish. The school enrolls 490 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 31% leaner than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 711 students.

Across the 9 schools in LaSalle Parish (2,520 students total), Jena High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Jena High School records that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 14% Black, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with LaSalle Parish as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Jena High School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 51% of students at Jena High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (LaSalle Parish) reports that median household earnings sit near $68,497, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across LaSalle Parish's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,520 students), Jena High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Jena Junior High School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Jena High School.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Jena High School's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 521 (now 490). Class-load math has tightened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.