Enrollment
143
Combined
DISTRICT 169 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CATAHOULA PARISH·NCES 220042000304
Sicily Island High School
303 Falcon Avenue, Sicily Island, LA 71368 · (318) 389-5337 · Catahoula Parish
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL143 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Louisiana public K-12 schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.1:1 · STATE 52.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
133 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 9 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 9 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 7 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 11 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 7 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 5 | 3% |
| Grade 6 | 12 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 10 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 10 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 12 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 7 | 5% |
| Grade 11 | 9 | 6% |
| Grade 12 | 21 | 15% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2024-25 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
37.0%
LA avg 41.4% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
10.0%
LA avg 33.2% . -11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 41 and 33. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 11 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 21.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sicily Island High School
Sicily Island High School's state test result (21.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sicily Island High School this school | 143 | 93.0% | 21.0% |
| Pleasant Hill High School Pleasant Hill | 228 | 83.3% | 10.2% |
| Gibsland-Coleman High School Gibsland | 139 | 84.9% | 30.2% |
| Plain Dealing High School Plain Dealing | 270 | 77.4% | 18.8% |
| Helix Aviation Academy Baton Rouge | 383 | 90.1% | 15.2% |
| Phoenix High School Braithwaite | 203 | 79.3% | 27.7% |
Matched among Louisiana K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sicily Island High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #45 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #53 of 55 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #40 of 55 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 143 | #59 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.0% | #3 of 62 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.9% | #1 of 44 |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
143
-85 (-37%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 124
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 143 | 16.4 | 8.7:1 | 93% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 168 | 9 | 18.7:1 | 57% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 201 | 16.5 | 12.2:1 | 65% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 228 | 17 | 13.4:1 | 74% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 246 | 18.6 | 13.2:1 | 58% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 274 | 39 | 7.0:1 | 81% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 58 | 7 | 8.3:1 | 84% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 103 | 13 | 7.9:1 | 74% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 124 | 14 | 8.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sicily Island High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (246 to 143); teachers down 12% (18.6 to 16.4).
About Sicily Island High School
Sicily Island High School is a small combined-grade school for students in Sicily Island, Louisiana. Students in pre-K through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 143 students. For comparison, combined schools in Louisiana average about 527 students.
A total of 5 schools make up Catahoula Parish, with 898 students enrolled.
Black students make up a majority at Sicily Island High School, at 50%. The next largest groups are 45% White, 2% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. In Catahoula Parish overall, about 34% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 16.4 full-time equivalents, or about 8.7 students per teacher. On average, combined schools in Louisiana have 52.1:1, compared with 8.7:1 here. About 93% of students, or 133, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Catahoula Parish report 84%.
allk12 grades Sicily Island High School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public K-12 schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Sicily Island High School is 3.7 points above its prediction. Actual: 21.0%. Predicted: 17.3%.
Sicily Island High School is located in Catahoula Parish, where the median household income is $50,275, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sicily Island High School is one of 5 public schools in the county.
Harrisonburg High School is located about 11.1 miles from Sicily Island High School. Nearby schools with test data average 21.5% proficiency; Sicily Island High School posts 21.0%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Over 4 years, Sicily Island High School's enrollment dropped 37%, to 143. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.4:1 in 2020-21 to 8.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Catahoula Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,583
Census ACS
Median income
$50,275
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
898 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Catahoula Parish
- Harrisonburg High SchoolCombined · 318 students
- Jonesville Elementary SchoolElementary · 211 students
- Block High SchoolHigh · 179 students
- Central High SchoolCombined · 47 students
Nearby schools
- Harrisonburg High School11.1 mi · 318
- Gilbert School14.2 mi · 394
- Delta Charter School MST14.4 mi · 485
- Ferriday High School15.4 mi · 289
- Ferriday Lower Elementary School15.4 mi · 313
- Ferriday Junior High School16.3 mi · 241
Frequently asked questions
About Sicily Island High SchoolHow large is Sicily Island High School?
Sicily Island High School enrolls approximately 143 students in grades PK-12.
Is Sicily Island High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sicily Island High School is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many students per teacher at Sicily Island High School?
Approximately 8.7:1 students per teacher at Sicily Island High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sicily Island High School?
At Sicily Island High School, the student body is approximately 45% White, 2% Hispanic, 50% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Sicily Island High School in?
Sicily Island High School is part of Catahoula Parish.
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