Acadiana High School

Summary:

Acadiana High School is a public high school in Lafayette, Louisiana, serving 1,813 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Lafayette Parish School District, which is ranked 29 out of 122 districts in the state and rated 4 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Acadiana High School has a relatively diverse student population, with 42.25% White, 34.2% African American, and 18.64% Hispanic students. However, the school's academic performance, as measured by LEAP/EOC exam proficiency rates, is generally lower than the Lafayette Parish and Louisiana state averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, Acadiana High School's proficiency rates were lower than the parish and state averages in Algebra I, Geometry, English II, and U.S. History. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated, ranging from 136 out of 321 Louisiana high schools in 2022-2023 (rated 3 stars) to 179 out of 333 in 2023-2024 (rated 2 stars), placing it in the middle to lower range of high schools in the state.

Acadiana High School's performance varies across different student subgroups. The school performs relatively well for African American students, ranking 101 out of 260 Louisiana high schools in 2023-2024 (rated 3 stars) and 76 out of 252 in 2022-2023 (rated 4 stars). However, the school struggles with Hispanic students, ranking 92 out of 113 Louisiana high schools in 2023-2024 (rated 1 star) and 71 out of 107 in 2022-2023 (rated 2 stars). Compared to nearby schools, Acadiana High School performs lower than the top-performing David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy, but better than some other nearby schools, such as Northside High School, which has consistently low academic performance.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 315 Rue du Belier
       Lafayette, LA  70506


(337) 521-7950

District: Lafayette Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
179th of 333 Louisiana High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,739 Help


Feeder schools for Acadiana High School:

Elementary:    Charles M. Burke Elementary School
    Duson Elementary School
    L. Leo Judice Elementary School
    Prairie Elementary School
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Middle:    Judice Middle School
    Scott Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  20.2 Help
Number of students:  1,813

Racial breakdown:

White:
42.3%
African American:
34.2%
Hispanic:
18.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  56.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Acadiana High School is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2014 the calculated Average Standard Score was 1.61. (See more...)
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Compare Details Acadiana High School ranks worse than 53.8% of high schools in Louisiana. It also ranks 7th among 9 ranked high schools in the Lafayette Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 49.42. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Acadiana High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (42.3%), African American (34.2%), Hispanic (18.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 56.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Acadiana High School is 20.2, which is the 5th best among 9 high schools in the Lafayette Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Acadiana High School is $10,739. 5 high schools in the Lafayette Parish School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger Rankings:

Acadiana High School was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Acadiana High School 179th of 333 Louisiana public high schools. (See Acadiana High School in the ranking list.)

Lafayette Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks Lafayette Parish 29th of 122 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Acadiana High School

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Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 1.60 392nd 396 1.0%
2008 1.09 410th 413 0.7%
2012 0.89 435th 442 1.6%
2014 1.61 455th 470 3.2%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Acadiana High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Acadiana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 64.72 109th 290 62.4%
2008 57.97 136th 291 53.3%
2009 53.94 151st 301 49.8%
2010 56.44 144th 297 51.5%
2011 54.82 152nd 300 49.3%
2012 61.25 145th 310 53.2%
2013 61.80 125th 312 59.9%
2014 57.32 151st 309 51.1%
2015 52.93 184th 312 41.0%
2016 55.33 156th 297 47.5%
2017 51.03 184th 297 38.0%
2018 48.11 169th 302 44.0%
2019 37.45 206th 313 34.2%
2021 42.55 188th 322 41.6%
2022 52.33 160th 326 50.9%
2023 59.25 136th 321 57.6%
2024 49.42 179th 333 46.2%
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Rank History for high school Multi-racial students at Acadiana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 46.53 21st 39 46.2%
2022 48.64 26th 47 44.7%
2023 74.37 7th 50 86.0%
2024 66.93 22nd 63 65.1%
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Rank History for high school English Language Learner students at Acadiana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 41.10 17th 27 37.0%
2021 47.15 20th 38 47.4%
2022 62.71 13th 40 67.5%
2023 51.48 16th 34 52.9%
2024 31.36 35th 50 30.0%
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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Acadiana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 31.06 78th 122 36.1%
2021 45.60 68th 135 49.6%
2022 58.07 44th 139 68.3%
2023 31.17 96th 138 30.4%
2024 39.22 99th 165 40.0%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Acadiana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 34.06 205th 301 31.9%
2021 35.96 187th 285 34.4%
2022 48.52 161st 322 50.0%
2023 46.58 174th 321 45.8%
2024 44.45 192nd 328 41.5%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Acadiana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 33.44 212th 292 27.4%
2021 47.33 164th 288 43.1%
2022 50.09 166th 311 46.6%
2023 57.15 145th 308 52.9%
2024 51.42 160th 308 48.1%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Acadiana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 40.14 186th 291 36.1%
2021 42.85 173rd 292 40.8%
2022 58.56 123rd 301 59.1%
2023 58.84 127th 306 58.5%
2024 48.82 162nd 315 48.6%
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Rank History for high school Asian students at Acadiana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 8.21 23rd 24 4.2%
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Rank History for high school African American students at Acadiana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 38.54 145th 233 37.8%
2021 47.83 115th 243 52.7%
2022 57.08 90th 256 64.8%
2023 61.11 76th 252 69.8%
2024 54.86 101st 260 61.2%
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Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Acadiana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 24.66 65th 78 16.7%
2021 47.24 48th 92 47.8%
2022 53.47 46th 103 55.3%
2023 37.90 71st 107 33.6%
2024 24.96 92nd 113 18.6%
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Rank History for high school White students at Acadiana High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 31.73 196th 249 21.3%
2021 40.93 160th 245 34.7%
2022 54.14 118th 250 52.8%
2023 58.51 96th 249 61.4%
2024 54.62 119th 248 52.0%
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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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Enrollment information for Acadiana 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 1650 1650
1990 1153 468 24 5 1 n/a n/a 0 1651
1991 1178 461 22 17 0 n/a n/a 0 1678
1992 1211 465 20 5 1 n/a n/a 0 1702
1993 1286 485 28 5 3 n/a n/a 0 1807
1994 1295 500 21 22 1 n/a n/a 0 1839
1995 1368 463 19 24 0 n/a n/a 0 1874
1996 1368 463 19 24 0 n/a n/a 0 1874
1997 1396 440 20 18 1 n/a n/a 0 1875
1998 1480 463 15 17 1 n/a n/a 0 1976
1999 1410 482 20 21 1 n/a n/a 0 1934
2000 1431 465 20 18 0 n/a n/a 0 1934
2001 1339 496 19 17 1 n/a n/a 0 1872
2002 1272 527 19 14 2 n/a n/a 0 1834
2003 1272 527 19 14 2 n/a n/a 0 1834
2004 1294 515 21 20 3 n/a n/a 0 1853
2005 1283 510 20 24 2 n/a n/a 0 1839
2006 1225 556 21 29 4 n/a n/a 0 1835
2007 1124 545 20 34 3 n/a n/a 0 1726
2008 1073 569 23 37 4 n/a n/a 0 1706
2009 1065 590 28 48 5 n/a n/a 0 1736
2010 1019 559 24 47 4 n/a n/a 0 1653
2011 1007 608 22 51 2 0 1 0 1691
2012 972 671 25 70 1 0 2 0 1741
2013 927 657 25 73 1 0 7 0 1690
2014 938 692 27 84 3 0 5 0 1749
2015 916 727 30 98 2 0 12 0 1785
2016 900 788 26 148 4 1 6 0 1873
2017 895 783 24 172 6 1 7 0 1888
2018 811 656 21 169 6 1 14 0 1678
2019 798 728 22 198 2 0 20 0 1768
2020 796 651 20 227 3 0 36 0 1733
2021 794 652 21 240 3 1 43 0 1754
2022 788 653 27 282 1 1 53 0 1805
2023 766 620 33 338 2 1 53 0 1813

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 Acadiana High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1650 88.5 18.6 18.2
1990 1651 81.0 20.3 19.3
1991 1678 86.0 19.5 20
1992 1702 83.0 20.5 22
1993 1807 89.0 20.3 23.1
1994 1839 87.0 21.1 21
1995 1874 87.0 21.5 25.8
1996 1874 87.0 21.5 25.8
1997 1875 90.9 20.6 16.4
1998 1976 95.9 20.6 26.2
1999 1934 98.9 19.6 31.9
2000 1934 100.0 19.3 30.7
2001 1872 90.6 20.7 30.4
2002 1834 92.5 19.8 36.9
2003 1834 92.5 19.8 36.9
2004 1853 103.5 17.9 42.7
2005 1839 104.7 17.6 45.1
2006 1835 108.1 17.0 42
2007 1726 103.2 16.7 44.9
2008 1706 103.5 16.5 47
2009 1736 99.0 17.5 53.8
2010 1653 95.4 17.3 49.4
2011 1691 86.9 19.4 52.9
2012 1741 88.0 19.7 57.1
2013 1690 82.0 20.6 56.4
2014 1749 83.0 21.0 55.9
2015 1785 83.0 21.5 59.3
2016 1873 91.0 20.5 60.4
2017 1888 79.4 23.7 67.5
2018 1678 72.0 23.3 37.7
2019 1768 74.0 23.8 44.1
2020 1733 77.0 22.5 47
2021 1754 74.5 23.5 95.8
2022 1805 80.5 22.4 37.2
2023 1813 89.5 20.2 56.2

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 Acadiana High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1650 88.5 18.6 18.2
1990 1651 81.0 20.3 19.3
1991 1678 86.0 19.5 20
1992 1702 83.0 20.5 22
1993 1807 89.0 20.3 23.1
1994 1839 87.0 21.1 21
1995 1874 87.0 21.5 25.8
1996 1874 87.0 21.5 25.8
1997 1875 90.9 20.6 16.4
1998 1976 95.9 20.6 26.2
1999 1934 98.9 19.6 31.9
2000 1934 100.0 19.3 30.7
2001 1872 90.6 20.7 30.4
2002 1834 92.5 19.8 36.9
2003 1834 92.5 19.8 36.9
2004 1853 103.5 17.9 42.7
2005 1839 104.7 17.6 45.1
2006 1835 108.1 17.0 42
2007 1726 103.2 16.7 44.9
2008 1706 103.5 16.5 47
2009 1736 99.0 17.5 53.8
2010 1653 95.4 17.3 49.4
2011 1691 86.9 19.4 52.9
2012 1741 88.0 19.7 57.1
2013 1690 82.0 20.6 56.4
2014 1749 83.0 21.0 55.9
2015 1785 83.0 21.5 59.3
2016 1873 91.0 20.5 60.4
2017 1888 79.4 23.7 67.5
2018 1678 72.0 23.3 37.7
2019 1768 74.0 23.8 44.1
2020 1733 77.0 22.5 47
2021 1754 74.5 23.5 95.8
2022 1805 80.5 22.4 37.2
2023 1813 89.5 20.2 56.2

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 Acadiana High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $8,385
2018 $8,869
2019 $8,829
2020 $9,364
2021 $10,292
2022 $10,739

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Acadiana High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 206th of 313 High schoolsRanks 136th of 321 High schools
 23.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Acadiana High School)6462
 2%
   End of Course Algebra I (Lafayette Parish)7074
 4%
   End of Course Algebra I (Louisiana)6764
 3%
End of Course Geometry (Acadiana High School)6980
 11%
   End of Course Geometry (Lafayette Parish)8083
 3%
   End of Course Geometry (Louisiana)6861
 7%
End of Course English II (Acadiana High School)5570
 15%
   End of Course English II (Lafayette Parish)6970
 1%
   End of Course English II (Louisiana)6967
 2%
End of Course U.S. History (Acadiana High School)4752
 5%
   End of Course U.S. History (Lafayette Parish)6359
 4%
   End of Course U.S. History (Louisiana)5954
 5%
End of Course English I (Acadiana High School)6069
 9%
   End of Course English I (Lafayette Parish)6772
 5%
   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 Students17681813
 2.5%
African American728620
 14.8%
American Indian22
Asian2233
 50%
Hispanic198338
 70.7%
Pacific Islander01
White798766
 4%
Two or More Races2053
 165%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients44.1%56.2%
 12%


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Students at Acadiana High School are 42% White, 34% African American, 19% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Acadiana High School ranks 179th of 333 Louisiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,813 students attended Acadiana High School.


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