Pickering High School

Set in Leesville, Louisiana, Pickering High School is a tight-knit secondary school, operated by Vernon Parish. It educates 379 students across grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 711 students each, so Pickering High School sits 47% below that benchmark.

Vernon Parish comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 7,887 students; Pickering High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Pickering High School reports that White students make up the majority at 59%; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 12% Black. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pickering High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.8%, the actual is 32.7%, a residual of -9.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Vernon Parish put the typical household earns roughly $57,270 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Vernon Parish runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,887 students), of which Pickering High School is one.

The closest other public school is Pickering Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pickering High School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 36.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pickering High School has contracted 25%, going from 502 students in 2018 to 379 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 22% to 12% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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