High · Louisiana

St. James High School

Free meals for all

St. James High School, a public high school in Vacherie, Louisiana: grades 7–12, 593 students, 11.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of St. James Parish.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 593
Teachers (FTE): 52.3
Students per teacher: 11.3
Grades: 7–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 76% of high schools in Louisiana

Median 14.2 · 268 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 73% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 51% of high schools in Louisiana

Median 576 · 269 schools compared

Larger than 61% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Louisiana's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Louisiana: 43%

44%proficient

−3.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 63% of high schools in Louisiana

Median 36% · 67 high schools compared

195 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Louisiana: 33%

28%proficient

−5.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 57% of high schools in Louisiana

Median 22% · 67 high schools compared

195 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 7–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Rural area near a city
Run by: St. James Parish

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with St. James Parish.

Location

Address: 22187 Hwy 20, Vacherie, LA 70090
Phone: (225)258-4900
County: St. James Parish

Quality of life in St. James Parish Schools in St. James Parish

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Lutcher High SchoolFree meals for all	7–12	908	13.4	47%	39%	5.8 mi
West St. John High SchoolFree meals for all	8–12	186	7.3	29%	11%	10.2 mi
East St. John High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,293	14.4	—	—	13.4 mi
Thibodaux High School	9–12	1,306	20.8	—	—	15.0 mi
Assumption High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	742	15.0	—	—	18.9 mi
Hahnville High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,416	11.6	—	—	19.0 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 220150001167