Port Allen High School

Port Allen High School is a senior high of cozy scale in Port Allen, Louisiana, run under West Baton Rouge Parish, caters to 452 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 711 students per school, that is 36% leaner than typical.

West Baton Rouge Parish runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 4,153 students. Port Allen High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Port Allen High School records that Black students make up the majority at 70%; the rest reads as 19% White, 9% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the income-and-resources front, Port Allen High School shows 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against West Baton Rouge Parish (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Across the wider county, census data for West Baton Rouge Parish shows median household income runs about $87,299, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Port Allen High School is one of 10 public schools in West Baton Rouge Parish (combined enrollment of about 4,153 students).

The closest other public school is Cohn Elementary School, roughly 2.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Port Allen High School's enrollment has climbed 12% since 2018, when it stood at 403 (now 452). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 75% to 70% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.