Lafayette High School

Lafayette High School, located in Lafayette, Louisiana, is a high-enrollment high school. The school counts 1,720 students across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Louisiana is about 711 students.

Enrollment across the 44 schools in Lafayette Parish totals 29,396 students.

Lafayette High School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 45%. Other students are 34% Black, 14% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lafayette Parish residents are about 63% White. Lafayette High School has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 23.1:1, with 74.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among high schools in Louisiana, the typical ratio is 18.0:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Lafayette High School is 47%. The rate at public schools in Lafayette Parish averages 59%, higher than here.

Census estimates describe Lafayette Parish this way: median household income is about $67,451, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Federal data list 50 public schools in Lafayette Parish, with a combined enrollment of about 35,903.

The school nearest to Lafayette High School is S.J. Montgomery Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Within five miles of Lafayette High School, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Federal data place Lafayette High School in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Lafayette High School saw enrollment fall 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 24.6:1 to 23.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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