West Ouachita High School

West Ouachita High School is one of the mid-tier senior highs in West Monroe, Louisiana, part of Ouachita Parish, with 968 students on its rolls from grades 8 through 12. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 711 students each, so West Ouachita High School sits 36% above that benchmark.

Across the 36 schools in Ouachita Parish (17,435 students total), West Ouachita High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, West Ouachita High School shows that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest comes out to 6% Black. By comparison, Ouachita Parish as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, West Ouachita High School has 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ouachita Parish runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Ouachita Parish) shows that median household earnings sit near $54,688, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. West Ouachita High School is one of 59 public schools in Ouachita Parish (combined enrollment of about 25,952 students).

The closest other public school is Central Elementary School, roughly 4.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 1,134 students in 2018 compared to 968 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 95% to 90%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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