Kaplan High School

As a small high school in Kaplan, Louisiana, Kaplan High School instructs 528 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Vermilion Parish. Compared to the state average of about 711 students per school, that is 26% below typical.

Within Vermilion Parish, which oversees 20 schools and 8,433 students, Kaplan High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Kaplan High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%); the rest looks like 11% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Kaplan High School reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.9:1. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Vermilion Parish) reports that median household earnings sit near $55,707, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Vermilion Parish's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,278 students), Kaplan High School is one campus in the mix.

Rene A. Rost Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Kaplan High School.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Kaplan High School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 525 (now 528). The White share of enrollment decreased from 85% to 80% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.