Starks High School

Set in Starks, Louisiana, Starks High School is a tight-knit combined-grade school, run under Calcasieu Parish. It works with 284 students across grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 527 students each, so Starks High School sits 46% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Calcasieu Parish, which oversees 56 schools and 27,851 students, Starks High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Starks High School reports that nearly all students (94%) are White. The remainder consists of 3% Black. By comparison, Calcasieu Parish as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Starks High School reports 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 52.1:1 average. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Calcasieu Parish (around 59%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Starks High School is in the bottom 10% of Louisiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 51.0%; Starks High School posts 15.7%, -35.3 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, Calcasieu Parish reports that median household income runs about $67,564, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Calcasieu Parish runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students), of which Starks High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: DEWEYVILLE EL, around 8.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Starks High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 32.0%.

Starks High School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 336 students in 2018 compared to 284 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.