Pearl River High School

Pearl River High School operates as an average-sized senior high in Pearl River, Louisiana, part of St. Tammany Parish. Current enrollment sits at 781 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

St. Tammany Parish runs 55 schools in total, collectively educating 35,956 students. Pearl River High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Pearl River High School logs that 73% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 13% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, St. Tammany Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $81,202, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Pearl River High School is one of 56 public schools in St. Tammany Parish (combined enrollment of about 36,212 students).

The closest other public school is Riverside Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

Pearl River High School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 7%: 731 students in 2018 compared to 781 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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