Rapides High School

Summary:

Rapides High School is a public high school located in Lecompte, Louisiana, serving 265 students in grades 9-12 and part of the Rapides Parish School District. While the school has a diverse student population, its academic performance is generally lower than the district and state averages, with fluctuating statewide rankings and a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Rapides High School's student body is 46.79% White, 27.17% African American, and 23.77% Hispanic, making it more diverse than some nearby schools like Pineville High School and Alexandria Senior High School, which are also part of the Rapides Parish district. However, Rapides High School's academic performance, as measured by End of Course (EOC) exam proficiency rates, is generally lower than the district and state averages, with significant disparities between student subgroups.

Over the years, Rapides High School's statewide ranking has declined, from 141 out of 312 Louisiana high schools (3 stars) in 2014-2015 to 200 out of 333 (2 stars) in 2023-2024, indicating a need for improvement. Additionally, the school has seen a sharp increase in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, from 26.27% in 2021-2022 to 76.98% in 2022-2023, suggesting a higher proportion of economically disadvantaged students, which may be a contributing factor to the school's overall academic performance.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 9463 Highway 71 South
       Lecompte, LA  71346


(318) 776-9371

District: Rapides Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
200th of 333 Louisiana High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $18,083 Help


Feeder schools for Rapides High School:

Elementary:    Carter C. Raymond Junior High School
    Forest Hill Junior High School
    Poland Junior High School

Student/teacher ratio:  12.2 Help
Number of students:  263

Racial breakdown:

White:
43.7%
Hispanic:
29.7%
African American:
24.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  80.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Rapides 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 2017 the calculated Average Standard Score was 45.4. (See more...)
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Compare Details Rapides High School ranks worse than 60.1% of high schools in Louisiana. It also ranks 5th among 7 ranked high schools in the Rapides Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 43.01. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Rapides High School has the smallest high school student body size in the Rapides Parish School District. Student population at Rapides High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (43.7%), Hispanic (29.7%), African American (24%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 80.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Rapides High School is 12.2, which is the 2nd best among 7 high schools in the Rapides Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Rapides High School is $18,083, which is the 2nd highest among 7 high schools in the Rapides Parish School District.
Schooldigger Rankings:

Rapides High School was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Rapides High School 200th of 333 Louisiana public high schools. (See Rapides High School in the ranking list.)

Rapides Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks Rapides Parish 42nd of 122 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Rapides High School

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Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 45.82 265th 425 37.6%
2010 61.55 183rd 408 55.1%
2011 63.19 166th 412 59.7%
2012 67.59 142nd 442 67.9%
2013 46.71 258th 457 43.5%
2014 28.72 355th 470 24.5%
2015 36.92 336th 482 30.3%
2016 44.44 281st 435 35.4%
2017 45.40 272nd 437 37.8%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Rapides High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Rapides High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 41.92 195th 290 32.8%
2008 61.51 111th 291 61.9%
2009 41.80 200th 301 33.6%
2010 52.27 165th 297 44.4%
2011 48.65 191st 300 36.3%
2012 49.79 191st 310 38.4%
2013 44.51 221st 312 29.2%
2014 44.39 217th 309 29.8%
2015 60.55 141st 312 54.8%
2016 56.05 152nd 297 48.8%
2017 57.04 162nd 297 45.5%
2018 51.37 153rd 302 49.3%
2019 29.47 228th 313 27.2%
2021 41.32 191st 322 40.7%
2022 46.33 181st 326 44.5%
2023 56.77 145th 321 54.8%
2024 43.01 200th 333 39.9%
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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Rapides High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 15.47 110th 122 9.8%
2023 12.23 131st 138 5.1%
2024 24.70 132nd 165 20.0%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Rapides High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 25.04 227th 301 24.6%
2021 44.85 163rd 285 42.8%
2022 45.15 172nd 322 46.6%
2023 59.92 117th 321 63.6%
2024 49.58 167th 328 49.1%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Rapides High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 43.20 181st 292 38.0%
2021 32.34 202nd 288 29.9%
2022 51.44 158th 311 49.2%
2023 58.99 136th 308 55.8%
2024 50.84 165th 308 46.4%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Rapides High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 29.08 209th 291 28.2%
2021 51.66 143rd 292 51.0%
2022 51.05 146th 301 51.5%
2023 57.39 131st 306 57.2%
2024 42.43 180th 315 42.9%
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Rank History for high school African American students at Rapides High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 26.57 177th 233 24.0%
2021 18.84 206th 243 15.2%
2022 11.01 238th 256 7.0%
2023 31.37 172nd 252 31.7%
2024 30.81 179th 260 31.2%
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Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Rapides High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 58.18 32nd 78 59.0%
2021 74.68 16th 92 82.6%
2022 52.67 48th 103 53.4%
2023 40.04 69th 107 35.5%
2024 59.03 44th 113 61.1%
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Rank History for high school White students at Rapides High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 19.29 227th 249 8.8%
2021 37.79 171st 245 30.2%
2022 51.57 126th 250 49.6%
2023 62.51 85th 249 65.9%
2024 37.84 170th 248 31.5%
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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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Enrollment information for Rapides 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 356 356
1990 239 132 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 371
1991 224 138 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 362
1992 255 135 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 390
1993 211 145 1 2 0 n/a n/a 0 359
1994 219 124 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 345
1995 188 132 0 2 2 n/a n/a 0 324
1996 188 132 0 2 2 n/a n/a 0 324
1997 199 122 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 322
1998 193 110 3 3 0 n/a n/a 0 309
1999 186 89 5 2 3 n/a n/a 0 285
2000 187 100 2 1 10 n/a n/a 0 300
2001 146 89 3 2 10 n/a n/a 0 250
2002 172 105 2 6 1 n/a n/a 0 286
2003 172 105 2 6 1 n/a n/a 0 286
2004 160 93 4 5 1 n/a n/a 0 263
2005 166 86 4 8 1 n/a n/a 0 265
2006 148 71 5 9 2 n/a n/a 0 235
2007 144 71 2 12 1 n/a n/a 0 230
2008 108 67 3 9 1 n/a n/a 0 188
2009 162 117 4 49 3 n/a n/a 0 335
2010 160 116 8 56 2 n/a n/a 0 342
2011 185 97 5 60 4 0 0 0 351
2012 200 101 5 73 2 0 0 0 381
2013 178 114 5 70 1 0 0 0 368
2014 167 125 4 82 3 0 0 0 381
2015 177 133 2 87 0 0 1 0 400
2016 164 135 3 82 2 0 0 0 386
2017 146 118 1 68 3 0 0 0 336
2018 125 104 1 58 3 0 0 0 291
2019 119 100 0 58 3 0 1 0 281
2020 117 81 0 52 1 0 0 0 251
2021 102 68 0 53 1 0 1 0 225
2022 109 54 0 52 1 0 1 0 217
2023 124 72 3 63 1 0 2 0 265
2024 115 63 2 78 2 1 2 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 Rapides High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 356 21.0 16.9 46.6
1990 371 24.0 15.4 50.4
1991 362 27.0 13.4 47.8
1992 390 25.0 15.6 49
1993 359 26.0 13.8 47.1
1994 345 24.0 14.4 51.9
1995 324 23.0 14.1 46.6
1996 324 23.0 14.1 46.6
1997 322 23.0 14.0 42.9
1998 309 22.0 14.0 45
1999 285 22.0 13.0 51.2
2000 300 22.0 13.6 57.7
2001 250 20.0 12.5 60
2002 286 20.0 14.3 54.2
2003 286 20.0 14.3 54.2
2004 263 19.0 13.8 54
2005 265 17.3 15.3 57.7
2006 235 17.3 13.6 57
2007 230 18.3 12.6 57.8
2008 188 17.5 10.7 61.2
2009 335 27.5 12.2 69.3
2010 342 27.6 12.3 69.6
2011 351 26.6 13.1 59.8
2012 381 27.0 14.1 71.4
2013 368 26.4 13.9 75.5
2014 381 29.0 13.1 80.8
2015 400 30.0 13.3 77.8
2016 386 26.0 14.8 79.3
2017 336 21.8 15.3 79.8
2018 291 18.0 16.1 83.5
2019 281 17.0 16.5 59.1
2020 251 17.0 14.7 51
2021 225 16.0 14.0 41.3
2022 217 18.0 12.0 26.3
2023 265 17.6 14.9 77
2024 263 21.5 12.2 80.2

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 Rapides High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 356 21.0 16.9 46.6
1990 371 24.0 15.4 50.4
1991 362 27.0 13.4 47.8
1992 390 25.0 15.6 49
1993 359 26.0 13.8 47.1
1994 345 24.0 14.4 51.9
1995 324 23.0 14.1 46.6
1996 324 23.0 14.1 46.6
1997 322 23.0 14.0 42.9
1998 309 22.0 14.0 45
1999 285 22.0 13.0 51.2
2000 300 22.0 13.6 57.7
2001 250 20.0 12.5 60
2002 286 20.0 14.3 54.2
2003 286 20.0 14.3 54.2
2004 263 19.0 13.8 54
2005 265 17.3 15.3 57.7
2006 235 17.3 13.6 57
2007 230 18.3 12.6 57.8
2008 188 17.5 10.7 61.2
2009 335 27.5 12.2 69.3
2010 342 27.6 12.3 69.6
2011 351 26.6 13.1 59.8
2012 381 27.0 14.1 71.4
2013 368 26.4 13.9 75.5
2014 381 29.0 13.1 80.8
2015 400 30.0 13.3 77.8
2016 386 26.0 14.8 79.3
2017 336 21.8 15.3 79.8
2018 291 18.0 16.1 83.5
2019 281 17.0 16.5 59.1
2020 251 17.0 14.7 51
2021 225 16.0 14.0 41.3
2022 217 18.0 12.0 26.3
2023 265 17.6 14.9 77
2024 263 21.5 12.2 80.2

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.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Rapides High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $11,705
2018 $12,163
2019 $12,473
2020 $14,015
2021 $16,568
2022 $18,083

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Rapides 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 228th of 313 High schoolsRanks 145th of 321 High schools
 27.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Rapides High School)6372
 9%
   End of Course Algebra I (Rapides Parish)6768
 1%
   End of Course Algebra I (Louisiana)6764
 3%
End of Course English II (Rapides High School)5161
 10%
   End of Course English II (Rapides Parish)6863
 5%
   End of Course English II (Louisiana)6967
 2%
End of Course U.S. History (Rapides High School)5162
 11%
   End of Course U.S. History (Rapides Parish)6455
 9%
   End of Course U.S. History (Louisiana)5954
 5%
End of Course English I (Rapides High School)5354
 1%
   End of Course English I (Rapides Parish)6866
 2%
   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 Students281265
 5.7%
African American10072
 28%
American Indian31
 66.7%
Asian03
Hispanic5863
 8.6%
Pacific Islander00
White119124
 4.2%
Two or More Races12
 100%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients59.1%77%
 17.9%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Rapides High School

Rapides High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Carter C. Raymond Junior High School
Elementary : Forest Hill Junior High School
Elementary : Poland Junior High School

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

Rapides High School ranks 200th of 333 Louisiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Rapides High School are 44% White, 30% Hispanic, 24% African American.


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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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