Enrollment
147
High
DISTRICT 151 · STATE 711
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TENSAS PARISH·NCES 220171001328
Tensas High School
720 Plank Road, St. Joseph, LA 71366 · (318) 766-3585 · Tensas Parish
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL147 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 18.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
139 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Tensas Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2023-24 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
21.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
10.0%
LA avg 32.1% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
13.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
147
-119 (-45%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 14.4:1
% White
8%
was 10%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
90%
was 88%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Tensas High School
Tensas High School, a very small high school in St. Joseph, Louisiana, part of Tensas Parish, serves 147 students, covering grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 79% below the state mean of about 711.
Within Tensas Parish, which oversees 2 schools and 301 students, Tensas High School is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, Tensas High School logs that 90% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 8% White. The wider county runs roughly 54% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.0:1, putting Tensas High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 95% of students at Tensas High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tensas High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 16.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.3%.
Across the wider county, Tensas Parish reports that the typical household earns roughly $36,615 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 26%. Tensas High School is one of 2 public schools in Tensas Parish (combined enrollment of about 301 students).
Nearest neighbor: Tensas Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tensas High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 39.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 45%: 266 students in 2018 compared to 147 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 in 2025.
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Tensas Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,935
Census ACS
Median income
$36,615
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
26%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Tensas Elementary School0.6 mi · 154
- Port Gibson Middle School14.8 mi · 223
- A. W. Watson Elementary14.8 mi · 531
- Port Gibson High School17.3 mi · 381
- Jefferson County High17.4 mi · 331
- Jefferson County Elementary18.2 mi · 512
Frequently asked questions
About Tensas High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tensas High School?
Tensas High School enrolls approximately 147 students in grades 06-12.
Is Tensas High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tensas High School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Tensas High School?
Approximately 8.7:1 students per teacher at Tensas High School.
How diverse is Tensas High School?
Tensas High School reports a student body of 8% White, 1% Hispanic, 90% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Tensas High School public or private?
Tensas High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tensas Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.