Lakeview Jr./Sr. High School

Lakeview Jr./Sr. High School is one of the one-room-style senior highs in Campti, Louisiana, overseen by Natchitoches Parish, with 261 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 711 students per school, that is 63% below typical.

Natchitoches Parish runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 4,792 students. Lakeview Jr./Sr. High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Lakeview Jr./Sr. High School lists that the largest single group is Black at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 43% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 40%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.0:1, putting Lakeview Jr./Sr. High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Natchitoches Parish (around 84%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lakeview Jr./Sr. High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 14.5%; this one delivers 13.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Natchitoches Parish indicate median household income runs about $46,292, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. Lakeview Jr./Sr. High School is one of 15 public schools in Natchitoches Parish (combined enrollment of about 5,064 students).

Fairview-Alpha Elementary & Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.9 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakeview Jr./Sr. High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lakeview Jr./Sr. High School has decreased 40%, going from 438 students in 2018 to 261 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

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