Southwood High School

Southwood High School, a medium-sized secondary school in Shreveport, Louisiana, part of Caddo Parish, hosts 971 students, covering grades 9 through 13. That puts it 37% above the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 711 students.

Caddo Parish comprises 57 schools with combined enrollment of 32,649 students; Southwood High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Southwood High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). The remainder comes out to 7% White, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 49% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Caddo Parish put the typical household earns roughly $50,705 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. Southwood High School is one of 61 public schools in Caddo Parish (combined enrollment of about 33,851 students).

Nearest neighbor: Summer Grove Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southwood High School.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southwood High School has decreased 42%, going from 1,662 students in 2018 to 971 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 73% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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