Union Parish High School

Union Parish High School is a secondary school of compact scale in Farmerville, Louisiana, run under Union Parish, enrolling 579 students in grades 6 through 12.

Union Parish comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,555 students; Union Parish High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Union Parish High School reports that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 23% White, 21% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Union Parish High School logs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 74% of students at Union Parish 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, Union Parish High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 31.1%; this one comes in at 7.3%, -23.9 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Union Parish indicate median household income runs about $42,885, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Union Parish High School is one of 5 public schools in Union Parish (combined enrollment of about 2,753 students).

Nearest neighbor: Union Parish Elementary School, around 2.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Union Parish High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Union Parish High School's enrollment has decreased 34% since 2018, when it stood at 873 (now 579). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 13% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.