Prairieville High School

Prairieville High School is a well-populated 9-12 campus in Prairieville, Louisiana, run under Ascension Parish. The school enrolls 1,377 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 94% above the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 711 students.

Prairieville High School is one of 32 schools operated by Ascension Parish, a district that instructs 23,743 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Prairieville High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 25% Black, 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Ascension Parish as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Prairieville High School logs 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Around the school, census data for Ascension Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $91,549 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Ascension Parish runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,743 students), of which Prairieville High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Prairieville Primary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Prairieville High School.

Prairieville High School operates from a residential location.

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