Saline High School

As a low-enrollment multi-level school in Saline, Louisiana, Saline High School teaches 303 students from grades pre-K through 12, one of the schools within Bienville Parish. That puts it 43% smaller than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 527 students.

Saline High School is one of 7 schools operated by Bienville Parish, a district that caters to 1,799 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Saline High School shows that White students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school records 21% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Saline High School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 52.1:1 average. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bienville Parish runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Saline High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bienville Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $35,011, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. Saline High School is one of 9 public schools in Bienville Parish (combined enrollment of about 1,799 students).

The closest other public school is Goldonna Elementary & Junior High School, roughly 10.5 miles away. On composite proficiency, Saline High School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 22.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Saline High School's enrollment has edged down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 378 (now 303). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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