📍 846 Saizan St., Port Barre, St. Landry Parish, 70577
Port Barre High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Port Barre, St. Landry Parish. The school has 417 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Landry Parish school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 77%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Port Barre High School enrolls 417 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% White, 24% Black or African American and 1.9% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 306 | 73% |
| Black or African American | 99 | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
228 of the school's 417 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 228 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Port Barre 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-60, state senate district 24, state house district 38.
Port Barre High School is one of 35 schools in St. Landry Parish, based in Opelousas, Louisiana. The district serves 10,982 students district-wide and employs 753 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 417 students, Port Barre High School is larger than the district average of about 314 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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