Enrollment
286
High
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 711
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IBERVILLE PARISH·NCES 220075000550
White Castle High School
32695 Graham Street, White Castle, LA 70788 · (225) 545-3621 · Iberville Parish
GRADES 07–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Louisiana public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.8:1 · STATE 18.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
236 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 54 | 19% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
31.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
19.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 31.0% | 19.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 15.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 13.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
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 White Castle High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Castle High School this school | 286 | 82.5% | 21.3% |
| Northeast High School Pride | 290 | 82.4% | 10.5% |
| Mansfield High School Mansfield | 327 | 82.9% | N/A |
| Baker High School Baker | 370 | 82.7% | N/A |
| Jeanerette Senior High School Jeanerette | 291 | 87.3% | 27.7% |
| Amite High Magnet Amite | 347 | 88.5% | N/A |
Matched among Louisiana high 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 White Castle High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #42 of 65 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #48 of 69 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #47 of 70 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #27 of 51 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #215 of 267 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.0:1 | #3 of 240 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.2% | #180 of 240 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.5% | #60 of 258 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #135 of 156 |
Ranked against other public high 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
286
-42 (-13%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 322
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 286 | 41.2 | 7.0:1 | 83% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 295 | 43.4 | 6.8:1 | 81% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 36.1 | 9.0:1 | 81% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 328 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 77% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 296 | 35.4 | 8.4:1 | 50% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 323 | 32 | 10.1:1 | 56% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 20 | 15.2:1 | 88% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 310 | 22 | 14.1:1 | 79% (245) |
| 1990-91 | 322 | 25 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for White Castle High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (296 to 286); teachers up 16% (35.4 to 41.2).
About White Castle High School
White Castle High School is one of the public schools in White Castle, Louisiana. It is a low-enrollment high school. It reported 286 students in grades 7 through 12 in 2024-25. By comparison, high schools in Louisiana enroll about 711 students on average.
Iberville Parish counts 4,076 students in its 8 schools, and White Castle High School is one of them.
White Castle High School is 83% Black by enrollment. Next come 13% White and 4% Hispanic. That compares with about 43% Black among all Iberville Parish residents. The diversity index for White Castle High School is 30%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 7.0:1. The gap from the 18.0:1 average for high schools in Louisiana is 11.0 students per teacher. By family income, 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Iberville Parish is 75%.
On the allk12 Grade, White Castle High School lands at B-, ahead of 50% of Louisiana public high schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, White Castle High School is 3.6 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 21.3% actual, 24.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Louisiana.
The school's county is Iberville Parish. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $54,000, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. There are 9 public schools in the county, enrolling about 4,589, White Castle High School among them.
White Castle High School is about 1.1 miles from Dorseyville Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. White Castle High School's average proficiency of 21.3% compares with 26.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
White Castle High School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 328 to 286, a 13% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.4:1 to 7.0:1.
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Iberville Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,815
Census ACS
Median income
$54,000
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
4,589 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iberville Parish
- Plaquemine Senior High SchoolHigh · 990 students
- Iberville Elementary SchoolElementary · 839 students
- East Iberville Elementary/High SchoolCombined · 727 students
- Dorseyville Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
- Crescent Elementary/Junior High SchoolElementary · 379 students
- North Iberville ElementaryElementary · 272 students
Other schools in White Castle
- Dorseyville Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
Nearby schools
- Dorseyville Elementary School1.1 mi · 402
- East Iberville Elementary/High School7.0 mi · 727
- Lowery Elementary School8.8 mi · 307
- Lowery Middle School8.8 mi · 277
- Plaquemine Senior High School9.1 mi · 990
- Iberville Charter Academy9.5 mi · 513
Frequently asked questions
About White Castle High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at White Castle High School?
White Castle High School enrolls approximately 286 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does White Castle High School serve?
White Castle High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at White Castle High School?
Approximately 7.0:1 students per teacher at White Castle High School.
What is the student diversity at White Castle High School?
Student demographics at White Castle High School are roughly 13% White, 4% Hispanic, 83% Black.
Is White Castle High School public or private?
White Castle High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Iberville Parish.
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