📍 200 East Pirate Lane, Kaplan, Vermilion Parish, 70548
Kaplan High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Kaplan, Vermilion Parish. The school has 555 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Vermilion Parish school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.3:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 42% 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.
Kaplan High School enrolls 555 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% White, 11% Black or African American and 4.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 455 | 82% |
| Black or African American | 59 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 4.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 2.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
300 of the school's 555 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 298 qualify for free lunch and 2 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kaplan 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-30, state senate district 26, state house district 47.
Kaplan 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 555 students, Kaplan 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 - Distant