📍 306 East Bourgeois Street, Welsh, Jefferson Davis Parish, 70591
Welsh High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Welsh, Jefferson Davis Parish. The school has 280 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson Davis Parish school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 18.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 97%. The school offers 3 AP courses. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Welsh High School enrolls 280 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 18.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 14% Black or African American and 8.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 208 | 74% |
| Black or African American | 39 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 8.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 2.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
147 of the school's 280 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 133 qualify for free lunch and 14 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Welsh 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-30, state senate district 25, state house district 37.
Welsh High School is one of 12 schools in Jefferson Davis Parish, based in Jennings, Louisiana. The district serves 5,210 students district-wide and employs 318 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 280 students, Welsh High School is smaller than the district average of about 434 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant