O. Comeaux High School

Set in Lafayette, Louisiana, O. Comeaux High School is a moderately sized senior high, one of the schools within Lafayette Parish. It enrolls 873 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 23% larger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 711 students.

Across the 44 schools in Lafayette Parish (29,396 students total), O. Comeaux High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, O. Comeaux High School records that the most-represented group is Black (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 40% White, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Lafayette Parish as a whole is about 25% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, O. Comeaux High School has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Lafayette Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $67,451, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. O. Comeaux High School is one of 50 public schools in Lafayette Parish (combined enrollment of about 35,903 students).

Nearest neighbor: Corporal Michael Middlebrook Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. O. Comeaux High School's enrollment has contracted 45% since 2018, when it stood at 1,588 (now 873). The White share of enrollment fell from 58% to 40% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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