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Enrollment
373
Combined
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON PARISH·NCES 220186001425
Mt. Hermon School
36119 Highway 38, Mt. Hermon, LA 70450 · (985) 877-4642 · Washington Parish
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL373 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Louisiana public K-12 schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
12.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 52.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
268 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70%
Community
1
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 | 17 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 17 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 5% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 10 | 27 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 25 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 25 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 29% smaller than its 8th grade class (24).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
27.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
21.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 27.0% | 21.0% |
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 12.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 15.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Mt. Hermon School
Mt. Hermon School's state test result (18.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Hermon School this school | 373 | 71.8% | 18.5% |
| Converse High School Converse | 490 | 67.8% | 28.3% |
| Dodson High School Dodson | 283 | 70.7% | 16.3% |
| Forest School Forest | 460 | 80.0% | 19.0% |
| Harrisonburg High School Harrisonburg | 318 | 67.3% | 35.2% |
| Negreet High School Negreet | 413 | 63.7% | 51.5% |
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 Mt. Hermon School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #49 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #45 of 55 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #51 of 55 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #34 of 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 373 | #30 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #30 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.3% | #17 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #25 of 62 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.8% | #8 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
373
-69 (-16%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 597
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 373 | 30.6 | 12.2:1 | 72% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 32.7 | 12.0:1 | 52% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 26.6 | 16.3:1 | 57% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 58% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 503 | 32.5 | 15.5:1 | 61% (309) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | N/A | N/A | 79% (392) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 39 | 12.6:1 | 77% (379) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 39 | 13.6:1 | 73% (388) |
| 1990-91 | 597 | 41 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt. Hermon School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (503 to 373); teachers down 6% (32.5 to 30.6).
About Mt. Hermon School
Mt. Hermon School is a public small school serving multiple grade levels in Mt. Hermon, Louisiana. It teaches 373 students in pre-K through 12. It has 29% fewer students than the average for combined schools in Louisiana (about 527).
Mt. Hermon School falls under Washington Parish, which has 10 schools enrolling 4,523 students.
About 71% of the student body at Mt. Hermon School is White. Enrollment also includes 21% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 45, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.2 students per teacher. Combined schools in Louisiana have an average ratio of 52.1:1. The school reported 72% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Mt. Hermon School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 12% of Louisiana public K-12 schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Mt. Hermon School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Louisiana. Predicted: 32.6%. Actual: 18.5%.
The school's county is Washington Parish. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $45,380 a year, roughly 13% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. Mt. Hermon School shares Washington Parish with 13 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Spring Creek Elementary School is closest at about 9.6 miles. Mt. Hermon School comes in 7th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Mt. Hermon School is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 16%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.8:1 to 12.2:1 over the same years.
Mt. Hermon School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Washington Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,120
Census ACS
Median income
$45,380
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,326 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington Parish
- Pine SchoolHigh · 738 students
- Thomas Elementary SchoolElementary · 721 students
- Franklinton High SchoolHigh · 649 students
- Franklinton Primary SchoolElementary · 567 students
- Franklinton Elementary SchoolMiddle · 389 students
- Franklinton Junior High SchoolMiddle · 312 students
Nearby schools
- Spring Creek Elementary School9.6 mi · 292
- Franklinton Junior High School11.0 mi · 312
- Osyka Elementary School11.2 mi · 214
- Franklinton Primary School11.3 mi · 567
- Jewel M. Sumner High School11.7 mi · 428
- Jewel M. Sumner Middle School11.9 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About Mt. Hermon SchoolHow many students attend Mt. Hermon School?
Mt. Hermon School enrolls approximately 373 students in grades PK-12.
Is Mt. Hermon School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mt. Hermon School is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mt. Hermon School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mt. Hermon School is approximately 12.2:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Mt. Hermon School?
Student demographics at Mt. Hermon School are roughly 71% White, 3% Hispanic, 21% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Mt. Hermon School?
Mt. Hermon School is overseen by Washington Parish in Washington Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.