West Monroe High School

West Monroe High School is a high school in West Monroe, Louisiana, reachable at (318) 323-3771. It covers grades 8 through 12, with a total enrollment of 2,041 students. Enrollment is 187% higher than the average for high schools in Louisiana, which is about 711.

Besides West Monroe High School, Ouachita Parish runs 35 other schools. The district enrolls 17,435 students.

White students are the majority at West Monroe High School, with 63% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 23% Black, 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The school's diversity index is 54%, meaning two students picked at random have a 54% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The school reports 125.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.3 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 18.0:1 average for high schools in Louisiana. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 51%. Across public schools in Ouachita Parish, the average is 67%.

In the county around the school, Ouachita Parish, the median household income is $54,688, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 18%. Ouachita Parish is home to 59 public schools and about 25,952 public school students.

Nearest public school: Boley Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Mid-size: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Compared with 2020-21, the school had 82 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 20.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.3:1.

Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at West Monroe High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.