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Carencro High School
B−

Carencro High School

PublicHighGrades 9–12

721 West Butcher Switch Road, Lafayette, LA 70507 · (337) 521-7960 · Part of Lafayette Parish School District

Carencro’s School Grade A− better than 84% of Louisiana school districts

Directions
Photo: Dbonne10 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Students
1,116
Students per teacher
18:1
Free or reduced lunch
72%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Carencro High School

  • Its own letter, B−: better results than 46% of Louisiana’s public schools
  • Reading / language arts 11 pts below the state

On the path

Where Carencro kids come from and go next. The whole path →

6–8Carencro Middle School585 students
9–12Carencro High SchoolYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency30%
State average 28.7%
Reading / language arts29%
State average 40.2%

Its own letter, B−, places these results among Louisiana’s 1,186 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

721 West Butcher Switch Road, Lafayette

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9304
Grade 10352
Grade 11224
Grade 12236
Enrollment over time
1,207’20
1,137’21
1,096’22
1,243’23
1,116’24

Down 7.5% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Black 60%White 25%Hispanic 12%Two or more races 2%Asian <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Carencro High School from Carencro families.

Other schools in Lafayette Parish School District

The district →
Milton Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Lafayette
A
1,261 students20:1
J. Wallace James Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Scott
A−
957 students20:1
Woodvale Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lafayette
A
793 students15:1
Broadmoor Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lafayette
A
749 students16:1
Green T. Lindon Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Youngsville
A+
719 students21:1
Carencro Bob Lilly Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Carencro
B−
705 students14:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Louisiana’s other public schools; Carencro’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.