Slaughter Community Charter School

Set in Slaughter, Louisiana, Slaughter Community Charter School is a low-enrollment high school, overseen by East Feliciana Parish. It instructs 364 students across grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 49% smaller than the state mean of about 711.

East Feliciana Parish comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,647 students; Slaughter Community Charter School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Slaughter Community Charter School lists that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 36% Black, 2% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Slaughter Community Charter School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.0:1, putting Slaughter Community Charter School higher than the state norm the norm. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, East Feliciana Parish runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Slaughter Community Charter School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for East Feliciana Parish shows median household income runs about $73,085, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across East Feliciana Parish's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,649 students), Slaughter Community Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Slaughter Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Slaughter Community Charter School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 43.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area. Slaughter Community Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 3%: 354 students in 2018 compared to 364 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 71% to 59%. Class-load math has widened: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 24.3:1 in 2025.

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