📍 180 LeBleu Road, Leesville, Vernon Parish, 71446
Pickering High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Leesville, Vernon Parish. The school has 457 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Vernon Parish school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. 46% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 84%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pickering High School enrolls 457 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 14% Black or African American and 14% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 259 | 57% |
| Black or African American | 65 | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 62 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 53 | 12% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 9 | 2% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
203 of the school's 457 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 192 qualify for free lunch and 11 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.
Pickering High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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-40, state senate district 30, state house district 30.
Pickering High School is one of 18 schools in Vernon Parish, based in Leesville, Louisiana. The district serves 7,887 students district-wide and employs 510 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 457 students, Pickering High School is close to the district average of about 438 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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