Enrollment
161
Combined
DISTRICT 149 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMERON PARISH·NCES 220039000293
South Cameron High School
753 Oak Grove Highway, Grand Chenier, LA 70643 · (337) 542-4628 · Cameron Parish
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL161 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
6.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 5.5:1 · STATE 52.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
82 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 2023-24 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
42.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
18.0%
LA avg 32.1% . -7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
161
-83 (-34%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
6.0:1
was 8.9:1
% White
90%
was 91%
% Hispanic
5%
was 5%
% Black
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About South Cameron High School
South Cameron High School is an one-room-style multi-level school in Grand Chenier, Louisiana, one of the schools within Cameron Parish. The school serves 161 students in grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 69% below the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 527 students.
South Cameron High School is one of 5 schools operated by Cameron Parish, a district that educates 1,120 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, South Cameron High School reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 52.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 51% of students at South Cameron High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, South Cameron High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 47.6%; actual is 26.0%, a gap of -21.6 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Cameron Parish put median household income runs about $75,278, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. South Cameron High School is one of 5 public schools in Cameron Parish (combined enrollment of about 1,120 students).
Nearest neighbor: Grand Lake High School, around 16.6 miles off. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), South Cameron High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.4%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 34%: 244 students in 2018 compared to 161 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 8.9:1 in 2018 to 6.0:1 today.
On this page, the feed for South Cameron High School typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cameron Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,015
Census ACS
Median income
$75,278
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,120 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cameron Parish
- Grand Lake ElementaryElementary · 351 students
- Grand Lake High SchoolHigh · 322 students
- Hackberry High SchoolCombined · 218 students
- Johnson Bayou High SchoolCombined · 68 students
Nearby schools
- Grand Lake High School16.6 mi · 322
- Grand Lake Elementary16.7 mi · 351
- Hackberry High School21.0 mi · 218
- Bell City High School24.3 mi · 785
- M. J. Kaufman Elementary School26.5 mi · 308
- St. John Elementary School27.3 mi · 670
Frequently asked questions
About South Cameron High SchoolHow large is South Cameron High School?
South Cameron High School enrolls approximately 161 students in grades PK-12.
Is South Cameron High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
South Cameron High School is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does South Cameron High School have?
South Cameron High School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.0:1.
How diverse is South Cameron High School?
South Cameron High School reports a student body of 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees South Cameron High School?
South Cameron High School is overseen by Cameron Parish in Cameron Parish.
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