Summerfield High School

Summerfield High School, an intimate all-grades campus in Summerfield, Louisiana, one of the schools within Claiborne Parish, serves 258 students, covering grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 51% smaller than the state mean of about 527.

Within Claiborne Parish, which oversees 6 schools and 1,616 students, Summerfield High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Summerfield High School logs that 64% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 32% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Claiborne Parish as a whole is about 45% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Summerfield High School records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 52.1:1, putting Summerfield High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Claiborne Parish runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Summerfield High School is in the bottom 10% of Louisiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 36.6%; Summerfield High School posts 17.0%, -19.6 points below that line.

In the area at large, census data for Claiborne Parish shows median household earnings sit near $32,831, roughly 11% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 22% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Summerfield High School is one of 6 public schools in Claiborne Parish (combined enrollment of about 1,616 students).

The closest other public school is JUNCTION CITY HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 9.4 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Summerfield High School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 23.0%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 13%: 296 students in 2018 compared to 258 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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