Sterlington High School

Located at 233 Keystone Road, in Monroe, Louisiana, Sterlington High School is a compact secondary school that works with 513 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Ouachita Parish. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 711 students each, so Sterlington High School sits 28% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 36 schools in Ouachita Parish (17,435 students total), Sterlington High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Sterlington High School lists that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 20% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ouachita Parish runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Ouachita Parish) shows that median household earnings sit near $54,688, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. Sterlington High School is one of 59 public schools in Ouachita Parish (combined enrollment of about 25,952 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sterlington Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sterlington High School has edged up 5%, going from 489 students in 2018 to 513 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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