Arcadia High School

Summary:

Arcadia High School is a public high school serving grades 6-12 in Arcadia, Louisiana, with a total enrollment of 252 students. The school is part of the Bienville Parish School District, which is ranked 36 out of 122 districts in Louisiana and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Arcadia High School has a significantly higher percentage of African American students (88.49%) compared to the surrounding schools and the state average, it has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Louisiana high schools, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger in the most recent year. This is lower than the district's overall 4-star rating. The school's test scores in various subjects, including Mathematics, English Language Arts, and End-of-Course exams, are generally lower than the Bienville Parish and Louisiana state averages. Additionally, Arcadia High School has a very high percentage of students (over 80%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

In comparison, nearby schools like Homer High School and Ruston High School, which are located in the Claiborne Parish and Lincoln Parish school districts, respectively, have different demographic compositions and performance levels. These comparisons suggest that factors beyond just staffing levels, such as socioeconomic and racial disparities, may be contributing to Arcadia High School's underperformance and the educational experiences of its students.


Detail:

Public 6-12

 967 Daniel Street
       Arcadia, LA  71001


(318) 263-2264

District: Bienville Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
205th of 333 Louisiana High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $24,628 Help


Feeder schools for Arcadia High School:

Elementary:    Crawford Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  8.4 Help
Number of students:  263

Racial breakdown:

African American:
88.2%
White:
6.5%
Two or more races:
3.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  78.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Arcadia High School ranks better than 56.1% of middle schools in Louisiana. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 57.84. (See more...)
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Compare Details Arcadia High School ranks worse than 61.6% of high schools in Louisiana. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 41.53. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (88.2%), White (6.5%), two or more races (3.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 78.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Arcadia High School is 8.4. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Arcadia High School is $24,628.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Arcadia High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Arcadia High School 197th of 449 Louisiana public middle schools. (See Arcadia High School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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SchoolDigger ranks Arcadia High School 205th of 333 Louisiana public high schools. (See Arcadia High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Bienville Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks Bienville Parish 36th of 122 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Arcadia High School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Arcadia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 40.20 265th 396 33.1%
2008 28.70 322nd 413 22.0%
2009 37.65 296th 425 30.4%
2010 29.32 324th 408 20.6%
2011 19.33 379th 412 8.0%
2012 23.68 364th 442 17.6%
2013 18.19 384th 457 16.0%
2014 28.78 354th 470 24.7%
2015 40.45 318th 482 34.0%
2016 27.25 343rd 435 21.1%
2017 20.77 361st 437 17.4%
2018 26.62 314th 411 23.6%
2019 35.82 304th 449 32.3%
2021 40.81 277th 459 39.7%
2022 41.11 279th 460 39.3%
2023 34.32 315th 465 32.3%
2024 57.84 197th 449 56.1%
See the entire list of Louisiana High School Rankings!

Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Arcadia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.10 283rd 403 29.8%
2019 39.12 282nd 430 34.4%
2021 44.94 245th 455 46.2%
2022 50.38 224th 458 51.1%
2023 38.92 287th 459 37.5%
2024 57.71 186th 444 58.1%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Arcadia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 29.92 318th 418 23.9%
2021 46.03 251st 441 43.1%
2022 48.51 237th 441 46.3%
2023 36.90 303rd 444 31.8%
2024 58.77 178th 415 57.1%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Arcadia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 39.52 260th 418 37.8%
2021 34.78 293rd 442 33.7%
2022 43.65 249th 442 43.7%
2023 35.46 289th 443 34.8%
2024 49.60 219th 426 48.6%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Arcadia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.82 195th 313 37.7%
2019 51.64 151st 338 55.3%
2021 58.26 121st 352 65.6%
2022 60.15 117th 360 67.5%
2023 50.80 162nd 360 55.0%
2024 69.21 88th 333 73.6%
See the entire list of Best Louisiana High Schools for African American Students!

Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Arcadia High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Arcadia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 37.24 209th 290 27.9%
2008 6.62 282nd 291 3.1%
2009 19.79 258th 301 14.3%
2010 33.82 227th 297 23.6%
2011 47.91 196th 300 34.7%
2012 46.40 202nd 310 34.8%
2013 64.44 108th 312 65.4%
2014 63.47 112th 309 63.8%
2015 42.99 223rd 312 28.5%
2016 49.74 191st 297 35.7%
2017 56.43 164th 297 44.8%
2018 40.06 200th 302 33.8%
2019 23.12 246th 313 21.4%
2021 29.49 225th 322 30.1%
2022 35.84 209th 326 35.9%
2023 29.55 231st 321 28.0%
2024 41.53 205th 333 38.4%
See the entire list of Louisiana High School Rankings!

Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Arcadia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 29.23 221st 301 26.6%
2021 33.80 197th 285 30.9%
2022 39.59 198th 322 38.5%
2023 29.23 233rd 321 27.4%
2024 46.39 184th 328 43.9%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Arcadia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 34.35 210th 292 28.1%
2021 29.38 211th 288 26.7%
2022 38.32 200th 311 35.7%
2023 33.08 217th 308 29.5%
2024 51.51 159th 308 48.4%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Arcadia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 20.92 237th 291 18.6%
2021 32.30 207th 292 29.1%
2022 30.07 208th 301 30.9%
2023 26.81 223rd 306 27.1%
2024 47.60 164th 315 47.9%
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Rank History for high school African American students at Arcadia High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 39.70 142nd 233 39.1%
2021 56.98 84th 243 65.4%
2022 57.43 88th 256 65.6%
2023 45.22 139th 252 44.8%
2024 55.97 96th 260 63.1%
See the entire list of Best Louisiana High Schools for African American Students!

Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Arcadia High School Test Scores
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Enrollment information for Arcadia High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 320 320
1990 130 206 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 336
1991 125 185 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 310
1992 132 205 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 338
1993 146 222 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 369
1994 128 217 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 345
1995 77 250 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 327
1996 77 250 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 327
1997 51 286 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 337
1998 43 284 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 328
1999 40 275 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 316
2000 46 244 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 290
2001 30 221 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 252
2002 22 219 0 1 1 n/a n/a 0 243
2003 22 219 0 1 1 n/a n/a 0 243
2004 30 214 0 2 3 n/a n/a 0 249
2005 31 210 0 3 2 n/a n/a 0 246
2006 34 226 1 4 0 n/a n/a 0 265
2007 32 210 0 3 1 n/a n/a 0 246
2008 22 204 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 230
2009 17 213 0 5 0 n/a n/a 0 235
2010 21 282 0 7 0 n/a n/a 0 310
2011 26 276 0 5 0 0 0 0 307
2012 19 269 0 8 0 0 0 0 296
2013 16 285 0 10 0 0 0 0 311
2014 13 274 0 6 0 0 0 0 293
2015 20 270 0 3 0 0 0 0 293
2016 15 277 0 4 0 0 0 0 296
2017 16 289 0 6 0 0 0 0 311
2018 13 284 0 3 0 0 1 0 301
2019 13 266 0 2 0 0 0 0 281
2020 15 257 0 2 0 0 3 0 277
2021 15 228 0 2 0 0 6 0 251
2022 14 220 0 6 0 0 8 0 248
2023 14 223 1 5 0 0 9 0 252
2024 17 232 1 4 0 0 9 0 263

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Arcadia High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 320 25.0 12.8 169.4
1990 336 27.0 12.4 159.5
1991 310 22.0 14.0 94.8
1992 338 24.0 14.0 95
1993 369 25.0 14.8 95.1
1994 345 26.0 13.3 94.8
1995 327 20.5 16.0 66.1
1996 327 20.5 16.0 66.1
1997 337 23.2 14.5 55.2
1998 328 22.0 14.9 74.4
1999 316 20.0 15.8 86.4
2000 290 22.0 13.2 86.2
2001 252 21.0 12.0 75.4
2002 243 24.0 10.1 73.3
2003 243 24.0 10.1 73.3
2004 249 24.1 10.3 67.1
2005 246 21.0 11.7 75.2
2006 265 21.0 12.6 70.2
2007 246 19.0 12.9 76.4
2008 230 24.6 9.3 78.3
2009 235 23.0 10.2 85.1
2010 310 25.9 11.9 82.9
2011 307 26.9 11.4 78.8
2012 296 27.9 10.5 81.8
2013 311 25.9 11.9 82.6
2014 293 24.9 11.7 83.3
2015 293 24.0 12.2 82.9
2016 296 n/a n/a 87.2
2017 311 41.8 7.4 90
2018 301 23.6 12.7 90.7
2019 281 25.5 11.0 65.1
2020 277 22.1 12.5 71.1
2021 251 22.0 11.3 69.7
2022 248 26.0 9.5 71
2023 252 27.1 9.2 82.9
2024 263 31.1 8.4 78.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Arcadia High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 320 25.0 12.8 169.4
1990 336 27.0 12.4 159.5
1991 310 22.0 14.0 94.8
1992 338 24.0 14.0 95
1993 369 25.0 14.8 95.1
1994 345 26.0 13.3 94.8
1995 327 20.5 16.0 66.1
1996 327 20.5 16.0 66.1
1997 337 23.2 14.5 55.2
1998 328 22.0 14.9 74.4
1999 316 20.0 15.8 86.4
2000 290 22.0 13.2 86.2
2001 252 21.0 12.0 75.4
2002 243 24.0 10.1 73.3
2003 243 24.0 10.1 73.3
2004 249 24.1 10.3 67.1
2005 246 21.0 11.7 75.2
2006 265 21.0 12.6 70.2
2007 246 19.0 12.9 76.4
2008 230 24.6 9.3 78.3
2009 235 23.0 10.2 85.1
2010 310 25.9 11.9 82.9
2011 307 26.9 11.4 78.8
2012 296 27.9 10.5 81.8
2013 311 25.9 11.9 82.6
2014 293 24.9 11.7 83.3
2015 293 24.0 12.2 82.9
2016 296 n/a n/a 87.2
2017 311 41.8 7.4 90
2018 301 23.6 12.7 90.7
2019 281 25.5 11.0 65.1
2020 277 22.1 12.5 71.1
2021 251 22.0 11.3 69.7
2022 248 26.0 9.5 71
2023 252 27.1 9.2 82.9
2024 263 31.1 8.4 78.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Arcadia High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $16,810
2018 $18,927
2019 $21,980
2020 $19,263
2021 $22,168
2022 $24,628

Data source: Louisiana Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Arcadia High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 304th of 449 Middle schoolsRanks 315th of 465 Middle schools
 0%
Ranks 246th of 313 High schoolsRanks 231st of 321 High schools
 6.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Arcadia High School)6122
 39%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Bienville Parish)6147
 14%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6157
 4%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Arcadia High School)5761
 4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Bienville Parish)6565
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)6768
 1%
6th Grade Social Studies (Arcadia High School)2923
 6%
   6th Grade Social Studies (Bienville Parish)4531
 14%
   6th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5142
 9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Arcadia High School)6162
 1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Bienville Parish)7460
 14%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7267
 5%
7th Grade Social Studies (Arcadia High School)4921
 28%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Bienville Parish)5739
 18%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5552
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Arcadia High School)4360
 17%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Bienville Parish)5455
 1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)5347
 6%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Arcadia High School)4670
 24%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Bienville Parish)7265
 7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7170
 1%
8th Grade Social Studies (Arcadia High School)5649
 7%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Bienville Parish)6938
 31%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)6453
 11%
End of Course Algebra I (Arcadia High School)4145
 4%
   End of Course Algebra I (Bienville Parish)5474
 20%
   End of Course Algebra I (Louisiana)6764
 3%
End of Course English II (Arcadia High School)5565
 10%
   End of Course English II (Bienville Parish)6966
 3%
   End of Course English II (Louisiana)6967
 2%
End of Course U.S. History (Arcadia High School)5436
 18%
   End of Course U.S. History (Bienville Parish)5445
 9%
   End of Course U.S. History (Louisiana)5954
 5%
End of Course English I (Arcadia High School)4758
 11%
   End of Course English I (Bienville Parish)6672
 6%
   End of Course English I (Louisiana)7167
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students281252
 10.3%
African American266223
 16.2%
American Indian00
Asian01
Hispanic25
 150%
Pacific Islander00
White1314
 7.7%
Two or More Races09
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients65.1%82.9%
 17.8%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Arcadia High School

Students at Arcadia High School are 88% African American, 6% White, 3% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic.

Arcadia High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Crawford Elementary School

Arcadia High School ranks 205th of 333 Louisiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 263 students attended Arcadia High School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Louisiana Dept of Education.

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