Strehle Community School

Strehle Community School, a minimally staffed four-year high school in Avondale, Louisiana, overseen by Jefferson Parish, works with 145 students, covering grades 8 through 12. That puts it 80% below the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 711 students.

Jefferson Parish runs 74 schools in total, collectively educating 46,790 students. Strehle Community School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Strehle Community School logs that 68% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder comes out to 18% Hispanic, 14% White. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Jefferson Parish's rate of about 68%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Jefferson Parish) shows that median household income runs about $65,252, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson Parish runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), of which Strehle Community School is one.

The closest other public school is Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 113%: 68 students in 2018 compared to 145 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 7% to 18% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 in 2025.

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