Jewel M. Sumner High School

Located at 15841 Highway 440, in Kentwood, Louisiana, Jewel M. Sumner High School is a low-enrollment 9-12 campus that works with 428 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Tangipahoa Parish. Enrollment runs roughly 40% leaner than the state mean of about 711.

Within Tangipahoa Parish, which oversees 32 schools and 19,077 students, Jewel M. Sumner High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Jewel M. Sumner High School lists that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 36% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 70% of students at Jewel M. Sumner High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Tangipahoa Parish put median household income runs about $56,760, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jewel M. Sumner High School is one of 33 public schools in Tangipahoa Parish (combined enrollment of about 19,077 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jewel M. Sumner Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Jewel M. Sumner High School.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 441 students in 2018 compared to 428 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 61% to 55%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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