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
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Louisiana public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public high schools
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 25 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 18 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 27 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 15 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 21 | 14% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
19.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Louisiana average is about 42 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 19.0% | N/A |
| 2024-25 | 20.0% | 9.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 10.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 5.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
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
13.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.2%
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 16% 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 →
Schools most like Tensas High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tensas High School this school | 147 | 94.6% | 13.0% |
| Capitol High School Baton Rouge | 205 | 92.2% | N/A |
| General Trass High School Lake Providence | 214 | 93.0% | N/A |
| Homer High School Homer | 237 | 95.4% | N/A |
| East Feliciana High School Jackson | 231 | 90.5% | N/A |
| Kentwood High Magnet School Kentwood | 259 | 92.3% | 12.6% |
Matched among Louisiana high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Tensas High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #57 of 65 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #62 of 69 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #62 of 70 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 147 | #252 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.6% | #6 of 258 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.7% | #8 of 156 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
147
-38 (-21%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 181
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 10.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 147 | 17 | 8.7:1 | 95% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 157 | 15.5 | 10.1:1 | 87% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 169 | 13 | 13.0:1 | 83% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 185 | 17 | 10.9:1 | 81% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 266 | 18.5 | 14.4:1 | 97% (257) |
| 2015-16 | 242 | N/A | N/A | 100% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 213 | 20 | 10.7:1 | 90% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 210 | 20 | 10.5:1 | 88% (185) |
| 1990-91 | 181 | 21 | 8.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tensas High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 45% (266 to 147); teachers down 8% (18.5 to 17).
About Tensas High School
Among the schools in St. Joseph, Louisiana, is Tensas High School, a very small high school. The school covers grades 6 through 12 and reported 147 students in 2024-25. The school is 79% below the average for high schools in Louisiana.
Tensas Parish has 301 students in 2 schools, and Tensas High School is one of those schools.
At Tensas High School, 90% of students are Black. It is also 8% White. For comparison, the population of Tensas Parish is roughly 54% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Tensas High School scores 19%.
Tensas High School lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 8.7 students per teacher. Across high schools in Louisiana, the average ratio is 18.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 95% of the student body. Public schools in Tensas Parish average a similar 95%.
On the allk12 Grade, Tensas High School lands at C-, ahead of 23% of Louisiana public high schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Tensas High School, the prediction is 16.2% and the result is 13.0%.
The school is in Tensas Parish, where the median household earns about $36,615 a year, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 26% of residents are in poverty. Across Tensas Parish, 2 public schools serve about 301 students.
Tensas High School is about 0.6 miles from Tensas Elementary School, its nearest public school. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Tensas High School is 9th of 9 on proficiency.
Tensas High School is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 147, down from 185 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 10.9 to 8.7 over 4 years.
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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.