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Enrollment
470
Combined
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEAUREGARD PARISH·NCES 220018000086
Merryville High School
7061 Highway 110 West, Merryville, LA 70653 · (337) 825-8046 · Beauregard Parish
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Louisiana public K-12 schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 52.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
298 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 36 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 26 | 6% |
| Grade 10 | 28 | 6% |
| Grade 11 | 29 | 6% |
| Grade 12 | 43 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (35).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
41.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -8.0pp since 2022
Math
19.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 41.0% | 19.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 27.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Merryville High School
Merryville High School's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merryville High School this school | 470 | 63.4% | 32.5% |
| Negreet High School Negreet | 413 | 63.7% | 51.5% |
| Hicks High School Leesville | 336 | 62.2% | 35.7% |
| Fairview High School Grant | 387 | 64.3% | 48.0% |
| Singer High School Singer | 346 | 62.4% | 25.7% |
| Converse High School Converse | 490 | 67.8% | 28.3% |
Matched among Louisiana K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Merryville High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #27 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #48 of 55 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #29 of 55 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.0pp | #3 of 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #18 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #28 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.5% | #30 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.4% | #39 of 62 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #30 of 44 |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
470
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 663
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 470 | 38.9 | 12.1:1 | 63% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 40.5 | 12.2:1 | 60% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 33.3 | 15.7:1 | 70% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 45% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 36.6 | 13.9:1 | 55% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 60 | 8.3:1 | 59% (296) |
| 2010-11 | 526 | 44 | 11.9:1 | 53% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 573 | 41 | 14.0:1 | 43% (245) |
| 1990-91 | 663 | 39 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Merryville High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (509 to 470); teachers up 6% (36.6 to 38.9).
About Merryville High School
Merryville High School runs as a medium-sized combined-grade school in Merryville, Louisiana. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 470 students in pre-K through 12.
The district, Beauregard Parish, has 5,915 students enrolled across 13 schools.
Merryville High School's enrollment is 85% White. It is also 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 5% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 26% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 38.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.1:1. On average, combined schools in Louisiana have 52.1:1, compared with 12.1:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Merryville High School is 63%. The gap from the 53% average for public schools in Beauregard Parish is 10 points.
Merryville High School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 45% of Louisiana public K-12 schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Merryville High School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.5%, compared with a predicted 38.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Beauregard Parish show that the median household income is $65,944, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Merryville High School is one of 13 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Singer High School, at about 9.8 miles. Merryville High School places 4th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes Merryville High School as Rural: Remote.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 464 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 470. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.5 to 12.1 over 4 years.
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Beauregard Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,676
Census ACS
Median income
$65,944
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,915 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Beauregard Parish
- South Beauregard High SchoolHigh · 775 students
- South Beauregard Elementary SchoolElementary · 644 students
- DeRidder High SchoolHigh · 621 students
- DeRidder Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
- East Beauregard Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- East Beauregard High SchoolHigh · 417 students
Nearby schools
- Singer High School9.8 mi · 346
- Newton Middle School13.2 mi · 292
- Newton High School13.4 mi · 283
- Newton Elementary School14.8 mi · 359
- DeRidder High School15.6 mi · 621
- DeRidder Junior High School15.7 mi · 287
Frequently asked questions
About Merryville High SchoolHow many students attend Merryville High School?
Merryville High School enrolls approximately 470 students in grades PK-12.
Is Merryville High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Merryville High School is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does Merryville High School have?
Merryville High School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
How diverse is Merryville High School?
Merryville High School reports a student body of 85% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Merryville High School in?
Merryville High School is part of Beauregard Parish.
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