📍 808 South Broadway, Erath, Vermilion Parish, 70533
Erath High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Erath, Vermilion Parish. The school has 531 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Vermilion Parish school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 27.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 62% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 97%. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Erath High School enrolls 531 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 27.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% White, 7.5% Black or African American and 3.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 442 | 83% |
| Black or African American | 40 | 7.5% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
244 of the school's 531 students (46%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 243 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Erath High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). 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 26, state house district 49.
Erath High School is one of 20 schools in Vermilion Parish, based in Abbeville, Louisiana. The district serves 8,433 students district-wide and employs 542 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 531 students, Erath High School is larger than the district average of about 422 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe