Port Barre High School

Port Barre High School operates as a small high school in Port Barre, Louisiana, overseen by St. Landry Parish. Current enrollment sits at 354 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 711 students each, so Port Barre High School sits 50% leaner than that benchmark.

Within St. Landry Parish, which oversees 32 schools and 10,982 students, Port Barre High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Port Barre High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Black. By comparison, St. Landry Parish as a whole is about 52% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Port Barre High School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than St. Landry Parish's rate of about 80%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for St. Landry Parish indicate median household income runs about $44,462, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. Across St. Landry Parish's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,731 students), Port Barre High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Port Barre Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 409 students in 2018 compared to 354 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 40% to 18% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Port Barre High School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.