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If you had an hour of school board time for Weston High School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
598
Combined
DISTRICT 647 · STATE 527
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON PARISH·NCES 220078000560
Weston High School
213 Highway 505, Jonesboro, LA 71251 · (318) 259-7313 · Jackson Parish
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL598 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Louisiana public K-12 schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 52.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
351 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 44 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 49 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 40 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 61 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 17% smaller than its 8th grade class (46).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
33.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
32.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 33.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 30.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Weston High School
Weston High School's state test result (23.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weston High School this school | 598 | 58.7% | 23.7% |
| Pine Prairie High School Pine Prairie | 757 | 58.4% | 33.3% |
| Oak Hill High School Elmer | 715 | 65.6% | 38.3% |
| Singer High School Singer | 346 | 62.4% | 25.7% |
| Florien High School Florien | 399 | 56.4% | 30.7% |
| Merryville High School Merryville | 470 | 63.4% | 32.5% |
Matched among Louisiana K-12 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 Weston High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #44 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #28 of 55 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #44 of 55 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #23 of 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 598 | #10 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #42 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.8% | #22 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.7% | #49 of 62 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #26 of 44 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
598
-45 (-7%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 598 | 43.8 | 13.7:1 | 59% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 632 | 48.1 | 13.1:1 | 56% (355) |
| 2022-23 | 646 | 41.4 | 15.6:1 | 59% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 57% (364) |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 32.7 | 20.4:1 | 58% (385) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | N/A | N/A | 52% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 40 | 15.4:1 | 47% (291) |
| 2000-01 | 483 | 32 | 15.1:1 | 32% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 406 | 28 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weston High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (665 to 598); teachers up 34% (32.7 to 43.8).
About Weston High School
Weston High School is a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels that serves part of Jonesboro, Louisiana. Total enrollment is 598 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 12.
Weston High School is one school in Jackson Parish, a system of 5 schools with 1,927 students.
At Weston High School, 79% of students are White. Other students are 12% Black, 4% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. That is higher than the 66% White share among all Jackson Parish residents. The diversity index for Weston High School is 36%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Weston High School reports a ratio of 13.7 students per teacher, from 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 13.7:1 compares with an average of 52.1:1 for combined schools in Louisiana. Lunch program data show 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Jackson Parish average a similar 61%.
Among Louisiana public K-12 schools, Weston High School outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 42.1% for Weston High School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 23.7%. The 18.4-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Louisiana schools.
The county, Jackson Parish, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $44,925 a year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 19% of people live in poverty. Jackson Parish has 5 public schools with about 1,927 students, including Weston High School.
Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School is about 5.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within ten miles of Weston High School, there are 4 other public schools. On average proficiency, Weston High School is 4th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Weston High School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 598, down from 643 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.7:1, from 15.7:1.
This page is set up for the Weston High School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Jackson Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,884
Census ACS
Median income
$44,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,927 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson Parish
- Quitman High SchoolCombined · 695 students
- Jonesboro-Hodge Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
- Jonesboro-Hodge High SchoolHigh · 198 students
- Jonesboro-Hodge Middle SchoolMiddle · 145 students
Other schools in Jonesboro
- Jonesboro-Hodge Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
- Jonesboro-Hodge High SchoolHigh · 198 students
- Jonesboro-Hodge Middle SchoolMiddle · 145 students
Other Weston High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Weston High. Weston High School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Weston High SchoolWeston, CT · 691 students
- Weston HighWeston, MA · 658 students
- Weston High SchoolArlington, WA · 107 students
Nearby schools
- Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School5.9 mi · 145
- Jonesboro-Hodge Elementary School6.3 mi · 291
- Jonesboro-Hodge High School6.5 mi · 198
- Quitman High School9.8 mi · 695
- Dodson High School11.7 mi · 283
- I.A. Lewis School19.2 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Weston High SchoolHow large is Weston High School?
Weston High School enrolls approximately 598 students in grades PK-12.
Is Weston High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Weston High School is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does Weston High School have?
Weston High School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is Weston High School?
Weston High School reports a student body of 79% White, 4% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Weston High School public or private?
Weston High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jackson Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.