Bossier High School

Summary:

Bossier High School is a public high school serving grades 8-12 in Bossier City, Louisiana, with a student population of 719. The school is part of the Bossier Parish school district, which is ranked 49 out of 122 districts in Louisiana and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Bossier High School stands out for several key reasons. It has a significantly higher percentage of African American (54.1%) and Hispanic (27.12%) students compared to the surrounding schools, which tend to have a higher percentage of White students. Academically, the school consistently underperforms the Bossier Parish and Louisiana state averages on End-of-Course (EOC) exams across all subject areas, with proficiency rates ranging from 28% to 49% compared to the parish and state averages of 54% to 76%. Additionally, Bossier High School's student subgroups, such as African American, Hispanic, English Language Learners, and Special Education students, perform significantly worse than their counterparts at the parish and state levels, with many subgroups ranking in the bottom 25% of Louisiana high schools.

Further insights reveal that Bossier High School has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 49.85% to 84.84% over the past three years, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. Interestingly, the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 15.8 to 16.6 over the past three years, which is lower than the surrounding schools like Parkway High School, Pathways in Education-Louisiana Inc., and Green Oaks Performing Arts Academy.


Detail:

Public 8-12

 777 Bearkat Drive
       Bossier City, LA  71111


(318) 549-6680

District: Bossier Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
283rd of 333 Louisiana High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,218 Help


Feeder schools for Bossier High School:

Elementary:    Bossier Elementary School
    Central Park Elementary School
    R. V. Kerr Elementary School
    Waller Elementary School
Middle:    Rusheon Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.2 Help
Number of students:  719

Racial breakdown:

African American:
54.1%
Hispanic:
27.1%
White:
13.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  84.8% Help


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Compare Details Bossier High School ranks worse than 85% of high schools in Louisiana. It also ranks last among 5 ranked high schools in the Bossier Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.29. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Bossier High School has the smallest high school student body size in the Bossier Parish School District. Student population at Bossier High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (54.1%), Hispanic (27.1%), White (13.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 84.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Bossier Parish School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Bossier High School is 16.2, which is the lowest among 5 high schools in the Bossier Parish School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Bossier High School is $14,218, which is the highest among 5 high schools in the Bossier Parish School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Bossier High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Bossier High School 283rd of 333 Louisiana public high schools. (See Bossier High School in the ranking list.)

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Bossier Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks Bossier Parish 49th of 122 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Bossier High School

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Rank History for all students at Bossier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 22.51 255th 290 12.1%
2008 13.35 268th 291 7.9%
2009 14.86 267th 301 11.3%
2010 18.34 265th 297 10.8%
2011 27.51 258th 300 14.0%
2012 18.76 280th 310 9.7%
2013 32.24 256th 312 17.9%
2014 33.18 248th 309 19.7%
2015 18.29 282nd 312 9.6%
2016 21.15 266th 297 10.4%
2017 26.38 254th 297 14.5%
2018 17.24 256th 302 15.2%
2019 19.36 261st 313 16.6%
2021 16.93 264th 322 18.0%
2022 11.79 282nd 326 13.5%
2023 14.74 268th 321 16.5%
2024 14.29 283rd 333 15.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Bossier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 26.71 23rd 27 14.8%
2021 36.48 25th 38 34.2%
2022 20.16 34th 40 15.0%
2023 15.86 32nd 34 5.9%
2024 24.27 41st 50 18.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Bossier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 17.75 107th 122 12.3%
2021 19.54 111th 135 17.8%
2022 16.06 127th 139 8.6%
2023 11.90 133rd 138 3.6%
2024 19.95 138th 165 16.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Bossier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 23.14 236th 301 21.6%
2021 16.94 245th 285 14.0%
2022 11.40 287th 322 10.9%
2023 16.21 268th 321 16.5%
2024 16.04 276th 328 15.9%
See the entire list of Best Louisiana High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Bossier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 24.68 230th 292 21.2%
2021 19.07 238th 288 17.4%
2022 12.61 274th 311 11.9%
2023 12.66 274th 308 11.0%
2024 13.86 268th 308 13.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Bossier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 17.72 243rd 291 16.5%
2021 17.12 239th 292 18.2%
2022 10.79 271st 301 10.0%
2023 19.99 240th 306 21.6%
2024 12.80 275th 315 12.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Bossier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 30.72 170th 233 27.0%
2021 22.04 195th 243 19.8%
2022 17.32 221st 256 13.7%
2023 22.43 202nd 252 19.8%
2024 19.88 213th 260 18.1%
See the entire list of Best Louisiana High Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Bossier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 31.14 59th 78 24.4%
2021 24.36 74th 92 19.6%
2022 21.55 87th 103 15.5%
2023 35.47 76th 107 29.0%
2024 18.51 98th 113 13.3%
See the entire list of Best Louisiana High Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Bossier High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 38.69 172nd 249 30.9%
2021 31.32 186th 245 24.1%
2022 12.21 236th 250 5.6%
2023 11.78 242nd 249 2.8%
2024 7.74 243rd 248 2.0%
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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.

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Data source: Louisiana Dept of Education

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Open Quote The staff at Bossier High truly care about the well being of the Students at Bossier High. Even though it has the highest at-risk and homeless statistics, it boast one of the lowest dropout ratings in the state and their performance grade has gone from D to B. Just goes to show what can happen when you let kids know that you care. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Bossier 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 892 892
1990 500 271 13 11 1 n/a n/a 0 796
1991 471 242 10 11 0 n/a n/a 0 734
1992 454 236 6 10 1 n/a n/a 0 707
1993 420 258 5 8 1 n/a n/a 0 692
1994 449 305 14 9 4 n/a n/a 0 781
1995 407 348 15 12 1 n/a n/a 0 783
1996 407 348 15 12 1 n/a n/a 0 783
1997 414 358 20 14 2 n/a n/a 0 808
1998 407 388 19 13 5 n/a n/a 0 832
1999 380 371 19 10 6 n/a n/a 0 786
2000 376 360 18 20 4 n/a n/a 0 778
2001 346 365 24 29 6 n/a n/a 0 770
2002 321 391 17 33 3 n/a n/a 0 765
2003 321 391 17 33 3 n/a n/a 0 765
2004 299 393 24 37 3 n/a n/a 0 756
2005 283 398 21 37 2 n/a n/a 0 741
2006 247 433 18 36 3 n/a n/a 0 737
2007 224 388 20 44 3 n/a n/a 0 679
2008 204 391 17 54 2 n/a n/a 0 668
2009 201 376 15 64 3 n/a n/a 0 659
2010 168 389 16 73 1 n/a n/a 0 647
2011 170 376 14 79 2 4 3 0 648
2012 162 365 15 86 4 3 8 0 643
2013 173 341 12 75 3 3 9 0 616
2014 145 355 13 79 1 1 13 0 607
2015 162 410 6 79 2 2 0 0 661
2016 123 392 5 92 0 1 19 0 632
2017 149 445 7 122 2 1 28 0 754
2018 170 465 6 123 2 0 24 0 790
2019 109 370 4 119 2 0 17 0 621
2020 100 380 5 140 1 0 21 0 647
2021 95 383 3 144 2 3 26 0 656
2022 90 397 3 159 2 5 27 0 683
2023 94 389 5 195 2 5 29 0 719

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 Bossier High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 892 58.0 15.3 10.4
1990 796 50.0 15.9 11.3
1991 734 51.0 14.3 11.9
1992 707 49.0 14.4 14.9
1993 692 47.0 14.7 25.9
1994 781 51.0 15.3 36.2
1995 783 45.0 17.4 35.6
1996 783 45.0 17.4 35.6
1997 808 48.0 16.8 33.7
1998 832 48.0 17.3 35.5
1999 786 49.0 16.0 42.1
2000 778 50.0 15.6 45.5
2001 770 50.0 15.4 47
2002 765 51.0 15.0 52.2
2003 765 51.0 15.0 52.2
2004 756 53.7 14.1 51.9
2005 741 50.9 14.6 56
2006 737 50.5 14.6 58.6
2007 679 51.3 13.2 59.1
2008 668 49.7 13.4 63.3
2009 659 49.6 13.3 60.7
2010 647 45.9 14.0 67.9
2011 648 47.1 13.7 66.7
2012 643 46.1 13.9 68.3
2013 616 45.6 13.4 69.6
2014 607 42.8 14.1 72.7
2015 661 42.0 15.7 75.5
2016 632 47.0 13.4 80.4
2017 754 41.9 17.9 49.3
2018 790 44.0 17.9 44.8
2019 621 39.0 15.9 59.9
2020 647 38.0 17.0 61.8
2021 656 39.5 16.6 49.8
2022 683 43.0 15.8 59.7
2023 719 44.3 16.2 84.8

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 Bossier High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 892 58.0 15.3 10.4
1990 796 50.0 15.9 11.3
1991 734 51.0 14.3 11.9
1992 707 49.0 14.4 14.9
1993 692 47.0 14.7 25.9
1994 781 51.0 15.3 36.2
1995 783 45.0 17.4 35.6
1996 783 45.0 17.4 35.6
1997 808 48.0 16.8 33.7
1998 832 48.0 17.3 35.5
1999 786 49.0 16.0 42.1
2000 778 50.0 15.6 45.5
2001 770 50.0 15.4 47
2002 765 51.0 15.0 52.2
2003 765 51.0 15.0 52.2
2004 756 53.7 14.1 51.9
2005 741 50.9 14.6 56
2006 737 50.5 14.6 58.6
2007 679 51.3 13.2 59.1
2008 668 49.7 13.4 63.3
2009 659 49.6 13.3 60.7
2010 647 45.9 14.0 67.9
2011 648 47.1 13.7 66.7
2012 643 46.1 13.9 68.3
2013 616 45.6 13.4 69.6
2014 607 42.8 14.1 72.7
2015 661 42.0 15.7 75.5
2016 632 47.0 13.4 80.4
2017 754 41.9 17.9 49.3
2018 790 44.0 17.9 44.8
2019 621 39.0 15.9 59.9
2020 647 38.0 17.0 61.8
2021 656 39.5 16.6 49.8
2022 683 43.0 15.8 59.7
2023 719 44.3 16.2 84.8

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.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Bossier High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $11,006
2018 $10,461
2019 $13,031
2020 $12,375
2021 $13,370
2022 $14,218

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Bossier High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 261st of 313 High schoolsRanks 268th of 321 High schools
 0.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Bossier High School)3535
   End of Course Algebra I (Bossier Parish)7376
 3%
   End of Course Algebra I (Louisiana)6764
 3%
End of Course Geometry (Bossier High School)3741
 4%
   End of Course Geometry (Bossier Parish)7376
 3%
   End of Course Geometry (Louisiana)6861
 7%
End of Course English II (Bossier High School)5349
 4%
   End of Course English II (Bossier Parish)7774
 3%
   End of Course English II (Louisiana)6967
 2%
End of Course U.S. History (Bossier High School)3628
 8%
   End of Course U.S. History (Bossier Parish)6663
 3%
   End of Course U.S. History (Louisiana)5954
 5%
End of Course English I (Bossier High School)6641
 25%
   End of Course English I (Bossier Parish)8677
 9%
   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 Students621719
 15.8%
African American370389
 5.1%
American Indian22
Asian45
 25%
Hispanic119195
 63.9%
Pacific Islander05
White10994
 13.8%
Two or More Races1729
 70.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients59.9%84.8%
 24.9%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Bossier High School

Students at Bossier High School are 54% African American, 27% Hispanic, 13% White, 4% Two or more races.

Bossier High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Bossier Elementary School
Elementary : Central Park Elementary School
Elementary : R. V. Kerr Elementary School
Elementary : Waller Elementary School
Middle : Rusheon Middle School

In the 2022-23 school year, 719 students attended Bossier High School.

Bossier High School ranks in the bottom 15.0% of Louisiana high schools.


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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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