South Plaquemines High School

As a compact high school in Buras, Louisiana, South Plaquemines High School serves 355 students from grades 7 through 12, run under Plaquemines Parish. That puts it 50% below the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 711 students.

Within Plaquemines Parish, which oversees 8 schools and 3,510 students, South Plaquemines High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, South Plaquemines High School reports that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 28% White, 14% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 3% Native American. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, South Plaquemines High School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Plaquemines Parish's rate of about 61%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Plaquemines High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.3%; this one delivers 33.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Plaquemines Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $86,315 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Plaquemines Parish runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,283 students), of which South Plaquemines High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Boothville-Venice Elementary School, around 10.2 miles off. On composite proficiency, South Plaquemines High School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 21%: 452 students in 2018 compared to 355 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 3% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.