📍 3553 Rosedale Road, Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, 70767
Port Allen High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish. The school has 457 pupils enrolled. It is part of the West Baton Rouge Parish school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 82%. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Port Allen High School enrolls 457 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% Black or African American, 23% White and 8.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 308 | 67% |
| White | 103 | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 37 | 8.1% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
385 of the school's 457 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 366 qualify for free lunch and 19 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 Allen 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-60, state senate district 17, state house district 18.
Port Allen High School is one of 10 schools in West Baton Rouge Parish, based in Port Allen, Louisiana. The district serves 4,153 students district-wide and employs 310 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 457 students, Port Allen High School is close to the district average of about 415 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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