Ville Platte High School

Ville Platte High School is a tight-knit senior high in Ville Platte, Louisiana, overseen by Evangeline Parish. The school caters to 419 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 711 students each, so Ville Platte High School sits 41% below that benchmark.

Across the 13 schools in Evangeline Parish (5,326 students total), Ville Platte High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Ville Platte High School reports that Black students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school shows 20% White, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Evangeline Parish as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. Roughly 84% of students at Ville Platte High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Evangeline Parish runs at roughly 72%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Evangeline Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $41,915 per year, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Ville Platte High School is one of 13 public schools in Evangeline Parish (combined enrollment of about 5,326 students).

Nearest neighbor: Evangeline Reimagine Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Ville Platte High School.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ville Platte High School has edged down 48%, going from 806 students in 2018 to 419 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 29% to 20%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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