Carencro High School

Summary:

Carencro High School is a public high school in Lafayette, Louisiana, serving 1,096 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Lafayette Parish School District, which is ranked 29th out of 122 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating.

Carencro High School stands out for its significantly higher percentage of African American students (62.59%) compared to nearby schools, which range from 19.59% to 50% African American. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Louisiana high schools, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger, lower than the higher-ranked Lafayette High School and David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy. Carencro High's test scores are also generally lower than the Lafayette Parish and Louisiana averages, with proficiency rates in Algebra I, Geometry, and Biology well below the regional and state levels.

Additionally, Carencro High School has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 46.09% to 95.19% over the past few years, which is higher than the nearby schools. The school also has a relatively high student-teacher ratio, ranging from 18.6 to 24.1, compared to its peers. These factors suggest that Carencro High School faces unique challenges related to socioeconomic disparities and resource allocation that may be contributing to its consistently low performance and rankings, despite being part of a relatively high-performing district.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 721 West Butcher Switch Road
       Lafayette, LA  70507


(337) 521-7960

District: Lafayette Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
204th of 333 Louisiana High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,652 Help


Feeder schools for Carencro High School:

Elementary:    Carencro Bob Lilly Elementary
    Live Oak Elementary School
    Ossun Elementary School
Middle:    Carencro Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  18.8 Help
Number of students:  1,243

Racial breakdown:

African American:
63.2%
White:
23.9%
Hispanic:
10.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  72.8% Help


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Compare Details Carencro 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 0.78. (See more...)
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Compare Details Carencro High School ranks worse than 61.3% of high schools in Louisiana. It also ranks 8th 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 41.77. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (63.2%), White (23.9%), Hispanic (10.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 72.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Carencro High School is 18.8. 5 high schools in the Lafayette Parish School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Carencro High School is $11,652, which is the 3rd highest among 9 high schools in the Lafayette Parish School District.
Schooldigger Rankings:

Carencro High School was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Carencro High School 204th of 333 Louisiana public high schools. (See Carencro 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 Carencro High School

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Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 0.52 396th 396 0.0%
2008 1.70 407th 413 1.5%
2009 1.64 412th 425 3.1%
2012 1.07 433rd 442 2.0%
2014 0.78 461st 470 1.9%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Carencro High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Carencro High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 44.92 185th 290 36.2%
2008 39.75 193rd 291 33.7%
2009 23.28 251st 301 16.6%
2010 43.58 207th 297 30.3%
2011 47.94 195th 300 35.0%
2012 48.52 195th 310 37.1%
2013 33.30 252nd 312 19.2%
2014 41.73 226th 309 26.9%
2015 40.56 233rd 312 25.3%
2016 34.73 230th 297 22.6%
2017 29.01 249th 297 16.2%
2018 36.24 209th 302 30.8%
2019 24.95 238th 313 24.0%
2021 39.90 194th 322 39.8%
2022 43.16 189th 326 42.0%
2023 45.01 187th 321 41.7%
2024 41.77 204th 333 38.7%
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Rank History for high school English Language Learner students at Carencro High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 75.88 7th 34 79.4%
2024 63.57 16th 50 68.0%
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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Carencro High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 20.79 99th 122 18.9%
2021 16.26 121st 135 10.4%
2022 41.21 78th 139 43.9%
2023 50.39 61st 138 55.8%
2024 45.11 85th 165 48.5%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Carencro High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 24.84 229th 301 23.9%
2021 40.92 175th 285 38.6%
2022 44.42 175th 322 45.7%
2023 43.78 186th 321 42.1%
2024 42.70 197th 328 39.9%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Carencro High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 25.73 228th 292 21.9%
2021 40.97 182nd 288 36.8%
2022 35.66 205th 311 34.1%
2023 37.22 207th 308 32.8%
2024 35.72 208th 308 32.5%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Carencro High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 27.31 216th 291 25.8%
2021 46.43 161st 292 44.9%
2022 42.85 169th 301 43.9%
2023 56.21 136th 306 55.6%
2024 46.89 168th 315 46.7%
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Rank History for high school African American students at Carencro High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 33.80 156th 233 33.0%
2021 62.06 74th 243 69.5%
2022 59.64 81st 256 68.4%
2023 58.30 85th 252 66.3%
2024 52.94 110th 260 57.7%
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Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Carencro High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 34.98 56th 78 28.2%
2021 63.52 31st 92 66.3%
2022 51.73 50th 103 51.5%
2023 55.88 45th 107 57.9%
2024 38.80 76th 113 32.7%
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Rank History for high school White students at Carencro High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 18.44 229th 249 8.0%
2021 30.42 189th 245 22.9%
2022 35.61 179th 250 28.4%
2023 41.02 158th 249 36.5%
2024 39.42 163rd 248 34.3%
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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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Enrollment information for Carencro 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 1087 1087
1990 679 420 1 1 3 n/a n/a 0 1104
1991 679 440 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 1120
1992 734 486 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 1220
1993 704 567 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 1275
1994 796 559 1 9 2 n/a n/a 0 1367
1995 897 606 3 11 3 n/a n/a 0 1520
1996 897 606 3 11 3 n/a n/a 0 1520
1997 912 622 3 7 3 n/a n/a 0 1547
1998 963 643 7 4 2 n/a n/a 0 1619
1999 952 604 8 5 2 n/a n/a 0 1571
2000 888 595 6 5 3 n/a n/a 0 1497
2001 805 584 7 4 2 n/a n/a 0 1402
2002 782 638 4 9 4 n/a n/a 0 1437
2003 782 638 4 9 4 n/a n/a 0 1437
2004 805 616 6 4 4 n/a n/a 0 1435
2005 800 671 5 4 6 n/a n/a 0 1486
2006 762 665 16 6 2 n/a n/a 0 1451
2007 764 667 5 10 0 n/a n/a 0 1446
2008 688 641 7 11 0 n/a n/a 0 1347
2009 656 689 8 14 0 n/a n/a 0 1367
2010 642 715 9 14 2 n/a n/a 0 1382
2011 628 714 8 12 2 0 1 0 1365
2012 556 649 7 18 1 0 1 0 1232
2013 521 678 7 23 2 0 1 0 1232
2014 460 634 5 28 1 0 1 0 1129
2015 416 635 9 28 2 0 2 0 1092
2016 407 669 7 42 6 0 3 0 1134
2017 342 680 11 46 4 0 8 0 1091
2018 331 698 7 64 4 0 13 0 1117
2019 303 734 7 73 3 0 19 0 1139
2020 278 716 7 82 1 0 18 0 1102
2021 296 794 4 91 1 0 21 0 1207
2022 295 716 5 93 0 0 28 0 1137
2023 274 686 6 102 2 0 26 0 1096
2024 297 785 6 129 1 0 25 0 1243

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 Carencro High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1087 63.0 17.2 23.4
1990 1104 60.0 18.4 30.2
1991 1120 60.0 18.6 28.9
1992 1220 62.0 19.6 29.7
1993 1275 64.0 19.9 28.5
1994 1367 67.0 20.4 30.4
1995 1520 70.0 21.7 38.9
1996 1520 70.0 21.7 38.9
1997 1547 72.0 21.5 25.9
1998 1619 79.0 20.5 31.1
1999 1571 78.9 19.9 36.2
2000 1497 80.0 18.7 37.6
2001 1402 72.0 19.5 41.9
2002 1437 92.7 15.5 50.6
2003 1437 92.7 15.5 50.6
2004 1435 88.7 16.2 55.7
2005 1486 92.0 16.2 58.7
2006 1451 95.6 15.2 53.3
2007 1446 97.6 14.8 53.5
2008 1347 82.9 16.2 56.3
2009 1367 76.0 18.0 63.6
2010 1382 79.6 17.3 61.3
2011 1365 67.1 20.3 62.3
2012 1232 66.0 18.6 61.5
2013 1232 62.0 19.8 63.2
2014 1129 59.0 19.1 63.8
2015 1092 59.0 18.5 67.7
2016 1134 62.0 18.2 69.5
2017 1091 54.7 19.9 67.8
2018 1117 51.0 21.9 46.3
2019 1139 53.0 21.4 51.2
2020 1102 52.0 21.1 58.3
2021 1207 50.0 24.1 95.2
2022 1137 55.0 20.6 46.1
2023 1096 58.6 18.6 68.7
2024 1243 66.0 18.8 72.8

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 Carencro High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1087 63.0 17.2 23.4
1990 1104 60.0 18.4 30.2
1991 1120 60.0 18.6 28.9
1992 1220 62.0 19.6 29.7
1993 1275 64.0 19.9 28.5
1994 1367 67.0 20.4 30.4
1995 1520 70.0 21.7 38.9
1996 1520 70.0 21.7 38.9
1997 1547 72.0 21.5 25.9
1998 1619 79.0 20.5 31.1
1999 1571 78.9 19.9 36.2
2000 1497 80.0 18.7 37.6
2001 1402 72.0 19.5 41.9
2002 1437 92.7 15.5 50.6
2003 1437 92.7 15.5 50.6
2004 1435 88.7 16.2 55.7
2005 1486 92.0 16.2 58.7
2006 1451 95.6 15.2 53.3
2007 1446 97.6 14.8 53.5
2008 1347 82.9 16.2 56.3
2009 1367 76.0 18.0 63.6
2010 1382 79.6 17.3 61.3
2011 1365 67.1 20.3 62.3
2012 1232 66.0 18.6 61.5
2013 1232 62.0 19.8 63.2
2014 1129 59.0 19.1 63.8
2015 1092 59.0 18.5 67.7
2016 1134 62.0 18.2 69.5
2017 1091 54.7 19.9 67.8
2018 1117 51.0 21.9 46.3
2019 1139 53.0 21.4 51.2
2020 1102 52.0 21.1 58.3
2021 1207 50.0 24.1 95.2
2022 1137 55.0 20.6 46.1
2023 1096 58.6 18.6 68.7
2024 1243 66.0 18.8 72.8

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Carencro High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $9,649
2018 $9,983
2019 $10,062
2020 $10,357
2021 $10,987
2022 $11,652

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Carencro 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 238th of 313 High schoolsRanks 187th of 321 High schools
 17.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Carencro High School)4064
 24%
   End of Course Algebra I (Lafayette Parish)7074
 4%
   End of Course Algebra I (Louisiana)6764
 3%
End of Course English II (Carencro High School)6258
 4%
   End of Course English II (Lafayette Parish)6970
 1%
   End of Course English II (Louisiana)6967
 2%
End of Course U.S. History (Carencro High School)4550
 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 (Carencro High School)5564
 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 Students11391096
 3.8%
African American734686
 6.5%
American Indian32
 33.3%
Asian76
 14.3%
Hispanic73102
 39.7%
Pacific Islander00
White303274
 9.6%
Two or More Races1926
 36.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients51.2%68.7%
 17.5%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Carencro High School

Students at Carencro High School are 63% African American, 24% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,243 students attended Carencro High School.

Carencro High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Carencro Bob Lilly Elementary
Elementary : Live Oak Elementary School
Elementary : Ossun Elementary School
Middle : Carencro Middle School

Carencro High School ranks 204th of 333 Louisiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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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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