Mamou High School

Mamou High School runs as a small high school in Mamou, Louisiana. The latest federal count shows 443 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 711-student average for high schools in Louisiana, enrollment here is 38% lower.

Evangeline Parish counts 5,326 students in its 13 schools, and Mamou High School is one of them.

By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Mamou High School is White (49%). Enrollment also includes 43% Black and 6% multiracial. The school's White share is 16 points below the 65% share among Evangeline Parish residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Mamou High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.

Mamou High School operates with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.4:1. For comparison, high schools in Louisiana average 18.0:1. About 70% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Evangeline Parish, the average is about the same, 72%.

Among Evangeline Parish residents, median household income is about $41,915, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. Mamou High School is one of 13 public schools in Evangeline Parish, which together enroll about 5,326 students.

The next-closest public school is Mamou Junior High, less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Mamou High School.

The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

The 2020-21 count was 793 students and the 2024-25 count was 443. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 22.0:1 to 16.4:1.

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