Phoenix High School

As a very small K-12 campus in Braithwaite, Louisiana, Phoenix High School works with 203 students from grades pre-K through 12, overseen by Plaquemines Parish. That puts it 61% smaller than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 527 students.

Plaquemines Parish comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,510 students; Phoenix High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Phoenix High School shows that 95% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder looks like 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Phoenix High School reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.3:1. The state averages around 52.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 79% of students at Phoenix High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Plaquemines Parish (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Phoenix High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.4%; this one delivers 26.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Plaquemines Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,315 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Plaquemines Parish runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,283 students), of which Phoenix High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Belle Chasse Middle School, around 7.7 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Phoenix High School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 39.5%.

Phoenix High School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Phoenix High School's enrollment has grew 5% since 2018, when it stood at 193 (now 203).

Inside the community feed, members of the Phoenix High School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.