📍 16911 East Main Street, Cutoff, Lafourche Parish, 70345
South Lafourche High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Cutoff, Lafourche Parish. The school has 1,108 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lafourche Parish school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 50.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.0:1. 59% of students are proficient in reading. 33% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 98%. The school offers 9 AP courses, dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
South Lafourche High School enrolls 1,108 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 50.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 6.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 727 | 66% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 206 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 72 | 6.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 52 | 4.7% |
| Black or African American | 28 | 2.5% |
| Asian | 22 | 2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
671 of the school's 1,108 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 600 qualify for free lunch and 71 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.
South Lafourche High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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-10, state senate district 20, state house district 54.
South Lafourche High School is one of 31 schools in Lafourche Parish, based in Thibodaux, Louisiana. The district serves 13,326 students district-wide and employs 737 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,108 students, South Lafourche High School is larger than the district average of about 430 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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