L.W. Higgins High School

Set in Marrero, Louisiana, L.W. Higgins High School is a substantial secondary school, operated by Jefferson Parish. It caters to 1,136 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 60% above the state mean of about 711.

Jefferson Parish comprises 74 schools with combined enrollment of 46,790 students; L.W. Higgins High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, L.W. Higgins High School lists that 58% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 12% White, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jefferson Parish runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Jefferson Parish shows median household earnings sit near $65,252, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson Parish runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), of which L.W. Higgins High School is one.

The closest other public school is Lincoln School for the Arts, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at L.W. Higgins High School has fell 13%, going from 1,302 students in 2018 to 1,136 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 15% to 24% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

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