📍 721 West Butcher Switch Road, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, 70507
Carencro High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish. The school has 1,096 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lafayette Parish school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 58.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 78%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Carencro High School enrolls 1,096 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 58.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% Black or African American, 25% White and 9.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 686 | 63% |
| White | 274 | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 102 | 9.3% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
753 of the school's 1,096 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 674 qualify for free lunch and 79 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Carencro High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). 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-60, state senate district 24, state house district 44.
Carencro High School is one of 45 schools in Lafayette Parish, based in Lafayette, Louisiana. The district serves 29,396 students district-wide and employs 1,764 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,096 students, Carencro High School is larger than the district average of about 653 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize
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