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Ferriday High School

Summary:

Ferriday High School is a public high school serving grades 8-12 in Ferriday, Louisiana, with a student population of 314. The school is part of the Concordia Parish school district, which is ranked 62 out of 122 districts in Louisiana and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ferriday High School faces significant academic challenges, consistently underperforming compared to the state and district averages on End-of-Course (EOC) exams. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's proficiency rates were significantly lower than the state and Concordia Parish averages across all subject areas, including Algebra I (18% vs. 62% state), Geometry (9% vs. 58% state), English II (24% vs. 66% state), and U.S. History (14% vs. 57% state). This persistent underperformance has resulted in the school ranking in the bottom quarter of Louisiana high schools over the past 10 years. The school's high percentage of African American students (88.85%) and students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (92.48% to 93.95%) suggest that socioeconomic status and racial demographics may be contributing factors to the academic struggles.

Interestingly, the nearby Vidalia High School, which is also in the Concordia Parish district, outperforms Ferriday High School across most academic metrics, including higher proficiency rates on EOC exams and a higher statewide ranking. This highlights the potential for improvement at Ferriday High School by learning from the practices and strategies of higher-performing schools in the region.


Detail:

Public 8-12

 801 E. E. Wallace Boulevard
       Ferriday, LA  71334

(318) 757-8626

District: Concordia Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
316th of 333 Louisiana High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $25,110 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  10.7 Help
Number of students:  310

Racial breakdown:

African American:
90.3%
White:
7.7%
Two or more races:
1.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  94.8% Help


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Compare Details Ferriday 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 2013 the calculated Average Standard Score was 0.58. (See more...)
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Compare Details Ferriday High School ranks worse than 94.9% of high schools in Louisiana. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 4.28. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (90.3%), White (7.7%), two or more races (1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 94.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ferriday High School is 10.7. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ferriday High School is $25,110.
Schooldigger Rankings:

Ferriday High School was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Ferriday High School 316th of 333 Louisiana public high schools. (See Ferriday High School in the ranking list.)

Concordia Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks Concordia Parish 62nd of 122 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Ferriday High School

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Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2012 0.70 438th 442 0.9%
2013 0.58 452nd 457 1.1%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Ferriday High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Ferriday High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 15.14 267th 290 7.9%
2008 17.23 255th 291 12.4%
2009 26.94 244th 301 18.9%
2010 21.63 260th 297 12.5%
2011 26.24 261st 300 13.0%
2012 36.91 235th 310 24.2%
2013 49.40 197th 312 36.9%
2014 41.43 228th 309 26.2%
2015 36.11 245th 312 21.5%
2016 30.31 244th 297 17.8%
2017 13.65 278th 297 6.4%
2018 14.33 264th 302 12.6%
2019 4.78 297th 313 5.1%
2021 10.92 283rd 322 12.1%
2022 13.61 278th 326 14.7%
2023 11.21 278th 321 13.4%
2024 4.28 316th 333 5.1%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Ferriday High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 7.13 282nd 301 6.3%
2021 13.01 256th 285 10.2%
2022 10.99 293rd 322 9.0%
2023 13.35 280th 321 12.8%
2024 7.83 300th 328 8.5%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Ferriday High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 4.92 280th 292 4.1%
2021 20.68 233rd 288 19.1%
2022 19.12 259th 311 16.7%
2023 12.63 275th 308 10.7%
2024 5.06 292nd 308 5.2%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Ferriday High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 6.06 277th 291 4.8%
2021 5.44 279th 292 4.5%
2022 5.29 288th 301 4.3%
2023 9.81 272nd 306 11.1%
2024 7.24 290th 315 7.9%
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Rank History for high school African American students at Ferriday High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 7.08 222nd 233 4.7%
2021 21.66 197th 243 18.9%
2022 15.64 227th 256 11.3%
2023 18.90 209th 252 17.1%
2024 10.96 238th 260 8.5%
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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 Ferriday 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 735 735
1990 123 382 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 505
1991 119 386 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 505
1992 106 370 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 476
1993 113 408 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 522
1994 95 409 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 505
1995 79 527 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 606
1996 79 527 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 606
1997 46 490 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 536
1998 29 477 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 506
1999 29 441 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 470
2000 26 419 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 445
2001 20 402 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 422
2002 21 342 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 363
2003 21 342 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 363
2004 19 318 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 337
2005 20 329 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 349
2006 13 393 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 407
2007 14 339 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 354
2008 10 327 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 339
2009 5 306 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 311
2010 7 311 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 319
2011 9 306 0 2 0 0 11 0 328
2012 12 270 0 0 0 0 10 0 292
2013 16 275 0 0 0 0 6 0 297
2014 8 284 0 1 0 0 2 0 295
2015 9 304 0 5 0 0 0 0 318
2016 13 292 0 3 0 0 3 0 311
2017 9 322 0 1 0 0 2 0 334
2018 18 340 0 0 0 0 1 0 359
2019 25 339 1 0 0 0 1 0 366
2020 22 337 1 1 0 0 3 0 364
2021 26 347 1 0 0 0 6 0 380
2022 19 277 1 1 0 0 8 0 306
2023 25 279 1 2 0 0 7 0 314
2024 24 280 1 2 0 0 3 0 310

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 Ferriday High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 735 37.0 19.8 49.3
1990 505 39.0 12.9 69.3
1991 505 33.0 15.3 61.2
1992 476 34.0 14.0 70.8
1993 522 30.0 17.4 78.4
1994 505 33.0 15.3 73.5
1995 606 37.0 16.4 78.5
1996 606 37.0 16.4 78.5
1997 536 36.9 14.5 84.5
1998 506 36.1 14.0 86.8
1999 470 35.0 13.4 90.2
2000 445 31.0 14.4 89
2001 422 30.0 14.1 83.6
2002 363 27.9 13.0 87.1
2003 363 27.9 13.0 87.1
2004 337 29.0 11.6 92.6
2005 349 28.3 12.3 93.4
2006 407 30.1 13.5 92.6
2007 354 26.0 13.6 92.7
2008 339 26.6 12.7 92
2009 311 25.2 12.3 92
2010 319 24.0 13.2 90
2011 328 21.6 15.1 89.9
2012 292 20.5 14.1 89.7
2013 297 22.6 13.1 96.3
2014 295 23.7 12.4 93.6
2015 318 23.0 13.8 89.3
2016 311 n/a n/a 86.8
2017 334 32.9 10.1 92.5
2018 359 22.0 16.3 90.5
2019 366 26.5 13.7 91.8
2020 364 28.0 13.0 92.6
2021 380 33.0 11.5 93.4
2022 306 32.0 9.5 92.5
2023 314 32.0 9.8 93.9
2024 310 28.7 10.7 94.8

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 Ferriday High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 735 37.0 19.8 49.3
1990 505 39.0 12.9 69.3
1991 505 33.0 15.3 61.2
1992 476 34.0 14.0 70.8
1993 522 30.0 17.4 78.4
1994 505 33.0 15.3 73.5
1995 606 37.0 16.4 78.5
1996 606 37.0 16.4 78.5
1997 536 36.9 14.5 84.5
1998 506 36.1 14.0 86.8
1999 470 35.0 13.4 90.2
2000 445 31.0 14.4 89
2001 422 30.0 14.1 83.6
2002 363 27.9 13.0 87.1
2003 363 27.9 13.0 87.1
2004 337 29.0 11.6 92.6
2005 349 28.3 12.3 93.4
2006 407 30.1 13.5 92.6
2007 354 26.0 13.6 92.7
2008 339 26.6 12.7 92
2009 311 25.2 12.3 92
2010 319 24.0 13.2 90
2011 328 21.6 15.1 89.9
2012 292 20.5 14.1 89.7
2013 297 22.6 13.1 96.3
2014 295 23.7 12.4 93.6
2015 318 23.0 13.8 89.3
2016 311 n/a n/a 86.8
2017 334 32.9 10.1 92.5
2018 359 22.0 16.3 90.5
2019 366 26.5 13.7 91.8
2020 364 28.0 13.0 92.6
2021 380 33.0 11.5 93.4
2022 306 32.0 9.5 92.5
2023 314 32.0 9.8 93.9
2024 310 28.7 10.7 94.8

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 Ferriday High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $10,979
2018 $10,823
2019 $11,776
2020 $12,089
2021 $13,655
2022 $25,110

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Ferriday 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 297th of 313 High schoolsRanks 278th of 321 High schools
 8.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
End of Course English II (Ferriday High School)3541
 6%
   End of Course English II (Concordia Parish)5553
 2%
   End of Course English II (Louisiana)6967
 2%
End of Course U.S. History (Ferriday High School)2336
 13%
   End of Course U.S. History (Concordia Parish)5454
   End of Course U.S. History (Louisiana)5954
 5%
End of Course English I (Ferriday High School)4136
 5%
   End of Course English I (Concordia Parish)6249
 13%
   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 Students366314
 14.2%
African American339279
 17.7%
American Indian00
Asian11
Hispanic02
Pacific Islander00
White2525
Two or More Races17
 600%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients91.8%93.9%
 2.1%

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Students at Ferriday High School are 90% African American, 8% White.

In the 2023-24 school year, 310 students attended Ferriday High School.

Ferriday High School ranks in the bottom 5.1% of Louisiana high schools.


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