Sicily Island High School

Sicily Island High School is an unified-grade school of one-room-style scale in Sicily Island, Louisiana, part of Catahoula Parish, teacheing 143 students in grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 73% leaner than the state mean of about 527.

Across the 5 schools in Catahoula Parish (898 students total), Sicily Island High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Sicily Island High School logs that the largest single group is Black at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 45% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Sicily Island High School logs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 52.1:1, putting Sicily Island High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Catahoula Parish runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sicily Island High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.6%; this one delivers 22.3%.

Across the wider county, Catahoula Parish reports that the typical household earns roughly $50,275 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. Across Catahoula Parish's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 898 students), Sicily Island High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Harrisonburg High School, roughly 11.1 miles away. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sicily Island High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 22.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sicily Island High School has contracted 42%, going from 246 students in 2018 to 143 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 in 2025.

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