Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts

As a compact high school in Opelousas, Louisiana, Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts caters to 289 students from grades 7 through 12, part of St. Landry Parish. That puts it 59% smaller than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 711 students.

Within St. Landry Parish, which oversees 32 schools and 10,982 students, Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts logs that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 37% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 40% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, St. Landry Parish runs at roughly 80%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 33.1%; this one delivers 60.7%, a residual of +27.6 points.

In the area at large, census data for St. Landry Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $44,462 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts is one of 37 public schools in St. Landry Parish (combined enrollment of about 11,731 students).

Creswell Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts. On composite proficiency, Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 18.0%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 300 (now 289). Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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