Lafayette High School

Lafayette High School, an expansive high school in Lafayette, Louisiana, run under Lafayette Parish, caters to 1,720 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 711 students each, so Lafayette High School sits 142% bigger than that benchmark.

Lafayette Parish comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 29,396 students; Lafayette High School is among them.

On demographics, Lafayette High School logs that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 34% Black, 14% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Lafayette High School shows 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.1:1. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Lafayette Parish's rate of about 59%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lafayette Parish) logs that the typical household earns roughly $67,451 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Lafayette Parish's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,903 students), Lafayette High School is one campus in the mix.

S.J. Montgomery Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Lafayette High School's enrollment has edged down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 2,172 (now 1,720). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 7% to 14%.

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