Rayne High School

Rayne High School is a high school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Rayne, Louisiana, part of Acadia Parish, caters to 653 students in grades 9 through 12.

Acadia Parish comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 9,043 students; Rayne High School is among them.

On demographics, Rayne High School reports that White students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 31% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Acadia Parish indicate median household income runs about $45,562, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. In all, Acadia Parish runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,043 students), of which Rayne High School is one.

The closest other public school is Central Rayne Kindergarten School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Rayne High School operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rayne High School has shrank 5%, going from 686 students in 2018 to 653 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 65% to 58% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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