L.W. Higgins High School

Public 9-12

 7201 Lapalco Boulevard
       Marrero, LA  70072-4598


(504) 341-2273

District: Jefferson Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
290th of 326 Louisiana High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,519 Help


Feeder schools for L.W. Higgins High School:

Elementary:    Emmett C.Gilbert School of Excellence at Ford
    Estelle School
    Joshua Butler Elementary School
    Lucille Cherbonnier School
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Middle:    Stella Worley Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  27.3 Help
Number of students:  996

Racial breakdown:

African American:
57.2%
Hispanic:
22.5%
White:
13.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  70% Help


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Compare Details L.W. Higgins High School ranks worse than 89% of high schools in Louisiana. It also ranks 13th among 14 ranked high schools in the Jefferson Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 10.41. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at L.W. Higgins High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (57.2%), Hispanic (22.5%), White (13.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 70% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at L.W. Higgins High School is 27.3. 13 high schools in the Jefferson Parish School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at L.W. Higgins High School is $11,519, which is the 5th highest among 14 high schools in the Jefferson Parish School District.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

L.W. Higgins High School:

SchoolDigger ranks L.W. Higgins High School 290th of 326 Louisiana public high schools. (See L.W. Higgins High School in the ranking list.)

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Jefferson Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks Jefferson Parish 60th of 114 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for L.W. Higgins High School

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Rank History for all students at L.W. Higgins High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 17.59 261st 290 10.0%
2008 14.81 265th 291 8.9%
2009 25.20 246th 301 18.3%
2010 31.00 239th 297 19.5%
2011 44.15 207th 300 31.0%
2012 36.18 239th 310 22.9%
2013 49.46 196th 312 37.2%
2014 52.12 178th 309 42.4%
2015 56.87 166th 312 46.8%
2016 43.60 210th 297 29.3%
2017 50.49 187th 297 37.0%
2018 36.88 207th 302 31.5%
2019 20.12 257th 313 17.9%
2021 16.68 266th 322 17.4%
2022 22.86 255th 326 21.8%
2023 10.41 285th 321 11.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at L.W. Higgins High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 5.80 39th 39 0.0%
2022 37.27 31st 47 34.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at L.W. Higgins High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 24.66 24th 27 11.1%
2021 32.13 27th 38 28.9%
2022 42.25 26th 40 35.0%
2023 20.96 30th 34 11.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at L.W. Higgins High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 23.56 110th 139 20.9%
2023 12.18 132nd 138 4.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at L.W. Higgins High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 23.35 234th 301 22.3%
2021 25.92 220th 285 22.8%
2022 26.09 244th 322 24.2%
2023 15.02 275th 321 14.3%
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Rank History for Homeless students at L.W. Higgins High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 35.39 12th 17 29.4%
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Rank History for Female students at L.W. Higgins High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 23.84 233rd 292 20.2%
2021 16.57 246th 288 14.6%
2022 19.31 258th 311 17.0%
2023 10.81 277th 308 10.1%
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Rank History for Male students at L.W. Higgins High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 17.58 245th 291 15.8%
2021 17.02 240th 292 17.8%
2022 26.30 226th 301 24.9%
2023 16.90 252nd 306 17.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at L.W. Higgins High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 31.00 18th 20 10.0%
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Rank History for African American students at L.W. Higgins High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 34.01 155th 233 33.5%
2021 26.15 184th 243 24.3%
2022 30.50 177th 256 30.9%
2023 17.24 216th 252 14.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at L.W. Higgins High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 18.53 69th 78 11.5%
2021 22.12 76th 92 17.4%
2022 15.05 90th 103 12.6%
2023 16.65 94th 107 12.1%
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Rank History for White students at L.W. Higgins High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 30.78 198th 249 20.5%
2021 15.51 228th 245 6.9%
2022 18.19 221st 250 11.6%
2023 1.99 248th 249 0.4%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for L.W. Higgins 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 1920 1920
1990 1004 757 116 46 9 n/a n/a 0 1932
1991 907 764 134 44 6 n/a n/a 0 1855
1992 844 753 145 50 14 n/a n/a 0 1806
1993 779 780 156 52 6 n/a n/a 0 1773
1994 742 791 153 63 11 n/a n/a 0 1760
1995 721 862 140 53 8 n/a n/a 0 1784
1996 721 862 140 53 8 n/a n/a 0 1784
1997 725 910 148 56 10 n/a n/a 0 1849
1998 706 950 142 54 10 n/a n/a 0 1862
1999 677 1034 134 50 9 n/a n/a 0 1904
2000 603 1090 124 53 14 n/a n/a 0 1884
2001 531 1068 112 58 9 n/a n/a 0 1778
2002 471 1060 93 63 6 n/a n/a 0 1693
2003 471 1060 93 63 6 n/a n/a 0 1693
2004 463 1045 106 59 11 n/a n/a 0 1684
2005 541 1217 111 79 19 n/a n/a 0 1967
2006 422 902 90 77 15 n/a n/a 0 1506
2007 415 922 94 90 20 n/a n/a 0 1541
2008 415 923 76 75 20 n/a n/a 0 1509
2009 381 974 74 77 13 n/a n/a 0 1519
2010 364 962 67 75 12 n/a n/a 0 1480
2011 349 989 64 60 16 4 33 0 1515
2012 344 977 72 100 13 3 25 0 1534
2013 301 939 68 115 13 3 21 0 1460
2014 291 890 68 136 12 3 27 0 1427
2015 294 838 73 166 11 1 23 0 1406
2016 244 842 67 190 10 0 24 0 1377
2017 249 817 70 205 9 3 27 0 1380
2018 191 825 58 195 5 1 27 0 1302
2019 183 744 50 186 6 1 31 0 1201
2020 166 695 41 176 3 0 22 0 1103
2021 161 668 38 156 5 0 29 0 1057
2022 144 597 35 168 5 0 29 0 978
2023 134 570 37 224 6 1 24 0 996

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 L.W. Higgins High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1920 99.0 19.3 29.7
1990 1932 106.0 18.2 37.4
1991 1855 99.0 18.7 37.1
1992 1806 93.0 19.4 42.5
1993 1773 93.0 19.1 48.1
1994 1760 96.0 18.3 51.9
1995 1784 95.0 18.8 52.2
1996 1784 95.0 18.8 52.2
1997 1849 99.0 18.7 54.2
1998 1862 104.0 17.9 58.6
1999 1904 104.0 18.3 71.6
2000 1884 105.0 17.9 61.2
2001 1778 101.0 17.6 60.2
2002 1693 95.0 17.8 72.6
2003 1693 95.0 17.8 72.6
2004 1684 100.0 16.8 64
2005 1967 106.5 18.5 49.2
2006 1506 90.3 16.7 42.8
2007 1541 83.8 18.4 48.1
2008 1509 95.9 15.7 66.7
2009 1519 89.0 17.1 65.6
2010 1480 95.0 15.5 74.5
2011 1515 87.0 17.4 75.6
2012 1534 82.0 18.7 78.6
2013 1460 80.0 18.2 74.5
2014 1427 76.0 18.7 77.2
2015 1406 84.0 16.7 76.6
2016 1377 88.0 15.6 78.9
2017 1380 77.9 17.7 76.4
2018 1302 54.0 24.1 64.4
2019 1201 49.9 24.0 73.6
2020 1103 51.3 21.4 75.8
2021 1057 43.7 24.1 87.2
2022 978 38.0 25.7 53.4
2023 996 36.3 27.3 70

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 L.W. Higgins High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1920 99.0 19.3 29.7
1990 1932 106.0 18.2 37.4
1991 1855 99.0 18.7 37.1
1992 1806 93.0 19.4 42.5
1993 1773 93.0 19.1 48.1
1994 1760 96.0 18.3 51.9
1995 1784 95.0 18.8 52.2
1996 1784 95.0 18.8 52.2
1997 1849 99.0 18.7 54.2
1998 1862 104.0 17.9 58.6
1999 1904 104.0 18.3 71.6
2000 1884 105.0 17.9 61.2
2001 1778 101.0 17.6 60.2
2002 1693 95.0 17.8 72.6
2003 1693 95.0 17.8 72.6
2004 1684 100.0 16.8 64
2005 1967 106.5 18.5 49.2
2006 1506 90.3 16.7 42.8
2007 1541 83.8 18.4 48.1
2008 1509 95.9 15.7 66.7
2009 1519 89.0 17.1 65.6
2010 1480 95.0 15.5 74.5
2011 1515 87.0 17.4 75.6
2012 1534 82.0 18.7 78.6
2013 1460 80.0 18.2 74.5
2014 1427 76.0 18.7 77.2
2015 1406 84.0 16.7 76.6
2016 1377 88.0 15.6 78.9
2017 1380 77.9 17.7 76.4
2018 1302 54.0 24.1 64.4
2019 1201 49.9 24.0 73.6
2020 1103 51.3 21.4 75.8
2021 1057 43.7 24.1 87.2
2022 978 38.0 25.7 53.4
2023 996 36.3 27.3 70

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 L.W. Higgins High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $9,843
2018 $10,327
2019 $10,672
2020 $11,519

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

Impact of COVID-19 on L.W. Higgins High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 257th of 313 High schoolsRanks 285th of 321 High schools
 6.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (L.W. Higgins High School)3821
 17%
   End of Course Algebra I (Jefferson Parish)6055
 5%
   End of Course Algebra I (Louisiana)6764
 3%
End of Course Geometry (L.W. Higgins High School)3434
   End of Course Geometry (Jefferson Parish)5757
   End of Course Geometry (Louisiana)6861
 7%
End of Course English II (L.W. Higgins High School)6349
 14%
   End of Course English II (Jefferson Parish)6462
 2%
   End of Course English II (Louisiana)6967
 2%
End of Course U.S. History (L.W. Higgins High School)4338
 5%
   End of Course U.S. History (Jefferson Parish)6055
 5%
   End of Course U.S. History (Louisiana)5955
 4%
End of Course English I (L.W. Higgins High School)5232
 20%
   End of Course English I (Jefferson Parish)6561
 4%
   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 Students1201996
 17.1%
African American744570
 23.4%
American Indian66
Asian5037
 26%
Hispanic186224
 20.4%
Pacific Islander11
White183134
 26.8%
Two or More Races3124
 22.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients73.6%70%
 3.6%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 996 students attended L.W. Higgins High School.

Students at L.W. Higgins High School are 57% African American, 22% Hispanic, 13% White, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

L.W. Higgins High School ranks in the bottom 11.0% of Louisiana high schools.


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