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Carencro High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
721 West Butcher Switch Road
Lafayette, LA 70507
Phone
(337) 521-7960
District
LAFAYETTE PARISH
County
LAFAYETTE PARISH
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1137
Classroom Teachers
55

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Louisiana

5

(10 is best)

Better than 41.5% of all LA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Carencro High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

50 40 30 20 10 0
32%
44%
29%
42%
34%
47%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
21
18
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 332 29.2%
Grade 10 317 27.9%
Grade 11 252 22.2%
Grade 12 236 20.8%
Total 1137 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 26.6% 45.9% 44.7%
Black 64.6% 41.3% 43.2%
Hispanic 8.4% 9.9% 9.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 2.5% 1.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.3% 0.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 46.1% 42.0% 47.3%
Free lunch eligible 45.7% 40.8% 45.7%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.4% 1.2% 1.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 241,173 4,590,241
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 895.7 104
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.6% 6.2%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.7% 19.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.0% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.3% 24.6%
65 OR OLDER 13.4% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 95,607 1,765,264
Single Parent Households With Children 9.4% 10.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.3% 86.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 33.9% 26.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 14.4% 13.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.2% 14.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.2% 11.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.3% 15.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.8% 16.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.8% 14.8%
$15,000 or less 13.1% 13.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,049 $190,120,070 46.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $805 $25,301,150 6.2%
Staff $628 $19,738,040 4.8%
General Administration $206 $6,474,580 1.6%
School Administration $656 $20,618,080 5.0%
Operation $896 $28,161,280 6.9%
Transportation $548 $17,223,640 4.2%
Other $249 $7,826,070 1.9%
Total Support $3,988 $125,342,840 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,013 $94,698,590 23.1%
Total Expenditures $13,050 $410,161,500 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,871 $4,677,783,145 49.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $791 $538,160,451 5.6%
Staff $658 $447,621,352 4.7%
General Administration $333 $226,816,868 2.4%
School Administration $821 $558,837,970 5.9%
Operation $1,159 $789,211,977 8.3%
Transportation $679 $462,251,240 4.8%
Other $348 $236,928,457 2.5%
Total Support $4,788 $3,259,742,853 34.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,356 $1,604,033,499 16.8%
Total Expenditures $14,016 $9,541,620,339 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%