📍 2835 2nd Street, Basile, Evangeline Parish, 70515
Basile High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Basile, Evangeline Parish. The school has 441 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Evangeline Parish school district. It serves grades 5–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.2:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 84%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Basile High School enrolls 441 students across grades 5–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% White, 18% Black or African American and 4.5% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 322 | 73% |
| Black or African American | 81 | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 20 | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 4.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
241 of the school's 441 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 207 qualify for free lunch and 34 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Basile High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-40, state senate district 28, state house district 41.
Basile High School is one of 11 schools in Evangeline Parish, based in Ville Platte, Louisiana. The district serves 5,326 students district-wide and employs 307 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 441 students, Basile High School is close to the district average of about 484 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant