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Holden High School

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Holden High School ranks 57 th of 447 Louisiana alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public, Alternative Grades PK, KG-12

57^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 447 Louisiana Alternative Schools

Better than 87% of Louisiana alternative schools

Summary

Holden High School is an alternative public school in Holden, Louisiana, serving grades PK-12 with a total enrollment of 692 students. It is part of the Livingston Parish School District, which is ranked 14th out of 118 districts in Louisiana and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Holden High School consistently outperforms the Livingston Parish and Louisiana state averages in LEAP test scores across various grade levels and subject areas, including Mathematics, English Language Arts, Algebra I, Geometry, English II, U.S. History, English I, and Biology. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, Holden High School's proficiency rates are projected to be 78% in Mathematics and 82% in English Language Arts, compared to 71% and 80% for Livingston Parish, and 60% and 70% for Louisiana, respectively. The school's performance is particularly strong in Algebra I (90% proficient), Geometry (84% proficient), and U.S. History (92% proficient), significantly exceeding the district and state averages.

Holden High School also has a four-year graduation rate of 92.6% for the 2022-2023 school year, which is higher than the district and state averages. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate is higher compared to the district and state, ranging from 12.0% to 24.6% in recent years. Additionally, Holden High School has a higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 56.14% to 67.77% in recent years, compared to the nearby Denham Springs Freshman High School (62.96%) and Maurepas School (73.17%).

651

Students ?

11.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,334

Per pupil spending ?

73.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

30120 Hwy 441
Holden, LA 70744

(225) 567-9367

District: Livingston Parish

Racial breakdown:

White:

86.2%

Hispanic:

10.0%

Two or more races:

2.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 88th percentile in 2022 → 95th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Louisiana average (84% vs 62% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 13% of Louisiana alternative schools

✓88% graduate in 4 years — above the Louisiana average (83%)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school84%

District avg74%

Louisiana avg62%

Middle school

57^th of 447

Louisiana public middle schools ?

Top 13%▼ down 6 pts since 2015

From top 7% (2015) to top 13% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

High school

16^th of 329

Louisiana public high schools ?

Top 5%▼ down 2 pts since 2015

See the entire ranking list of Louisiana High Schools →

★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 2Alternative Schools in the Livingston Parish

14^th of 118Livingston Parish among Louisiana districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2024	74.0	180 of 675	73.3%	★★★★☆
2023	79.4	142 of 730	80.5%	★★★★☆
2022	83.3	109 of 727	85.0%	★★★★☆
2021	70.5	216 of 729	70.4%	★★★★☆
2019	67.1	269 of 731	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	68.8	168 of 728	76.9%	★★★★☆
2017	80.8	118 of 739	84.0%	★★★★☆
2016	74.7	188 of 742	74.7%	★★★★☆
2015	75.0	175 of 792	77.9%	★★★★☆
2014	84.0	76 of 777	90.2%	★★★★★
2013	86.9	54 of 772	93.0%	★★★★★
2012	88.2	49 of 764	93.6%	★★★★★
2011	83.9	97 of 766	87.3%	★★★★☆
2010	84.2	83 of 736	88.7%	★★★★☆
2009	83.3	96 of 738	87.0%	★★★★☆
2008	82.9	96 of 743	87.1%	★★★★☆
2007	81.7	114 of 725	84.3%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2025	67.3	213 of 633	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	69.7	213 of 635	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	77.4	141 of 705	80.0%	★★★★☆
2022	81.6	107 of 701	84.7%	★★★★☆
2021	75.1	159 of 705	77.4%	★★★★☆
2019	71.4	204 of 684	70.2%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2025	82.7	87 of 661	86.8%	★★★★☆
2024	73.9	162 of 674	76.0%	★★★★☆
2023	83.6	79 of 723	89.1%	★★★★☆
2022	77.6	123 of 724	83.0%	★★★★☆
2021	71.3	183 of 719	74.5%	★★★★☆
2019	63.9	263 of 697	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	69.2	210 of 682	69.2%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2025	76.2	145 of 641	77.4%	★★★★☆
2024	72.7	180 of 651	72.4%	★★★★☆
2023	69.6	215 of 713	69.8%	★★★★☆
2022	84.0	92 of 712	87.1%	★★★★☆
2021	76.0	155 of 704	78.0%	★★★★☆
2019	71.5	205 of 696	70.5%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2023	97.5	3 of 296	99.0%	★★★★★
2022	89.4	23 of 307	92.5%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2025	68.1	124 of 431	71.2%	★★★★☆
2024	64.7	163 of 434	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	67.1	166 of 518	68.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	70.7	149 of 517	71.2%	★★★★☆
2021	60.4	205 of 522	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	43.4	336 of 517	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	63.0	200 of 516	61.2%	★★★☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2025	84.2	57 of 447	87.2%	★★★★☆
2024	85.0	49 of 449	89.1%	★★★★☆
2023	80.6	70 of 465	84.9%	★★★★☆
2022	83.4	54 of 460	88.3%	★★★★☆
2021	85.7	50 of 459	89.1%	★★★★☆
2019	86.1	45 of 449	90.0%	★★★★★
2018	75.8	66 of 411	83.9%	★★★★☆
2017	86.2	40 of 437	90.8%	★★★★★
2016	80.7	68 of 435	84.4%	★★★★☆
2015	88.5	32 of 482	93.4%	★★★★★
2014	79.8	76 of 470	83.8%	★★★★☆
2013	80.1	69 of 457	84.9%	★★★★☆
2012	82.6	46 of 442	89.6%	★★★★☆
2011	83.7	36 of 412	91.3%	★★★★★
2010	76.2	89 of 408	78.2%	★★★★☆
2009	70.4	126 of 425	70.4%	★★★★☆
2008	76.5	83 of 413	79.9%	★★★★☆
2007	78.6	69 of 396	82.6%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2025	84.1	44 of 415	89.4%	★★★★☆
2024	84.4	50 of 415	88.0%	★★★★☆
2023	76.0	93 of 444	79.1%	★★★★☆
2022	77.2	86 of 441	80.5%	★★★★☆
2021	85.6	43 of 441	90.2%	★★★★★
2019	81.6	64 of 418	84.7%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2025	90.5	23 of 437	94.7%	★★★★★
2024	87.1	35 of 444	92.1%	★★★★★
2023	85.1	46 of 459	90.0%	★★★★★
2022	78.0	71 of 458	84.5%	★★★★☆
2021	82.8	59 of 455	87.0%	★★★★☆
2019	82.8	52 of 430	87.9%	★★★★☆
2018	79.8	58 of 403	85.6%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2025	81.8	64 of 414	84.5%	★★★★☆
2024	83.4	55 of 426	87.1%	★★★★☆
2023	82.0	63 of 443	85.8%	★★★★☆
2022	82.4	55 of 442	87.6%	★★★★☆
2021	87.1	41 of 442	90.7%	★★★★★
2019	84.2	56 of 418	86.6%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2025	74.8	61 of 316	80.7%	★★★★☆
2024	76.1	53 of 320	83.4%	★★★★☆
2023	70.7	85 of 352	75.9%	★★★★☆
2022	75.5	62 of 362	82.9%	★★★★☆
2021	82.5	44 of 358	87.7%	★★★★☆
2019	72.1	92 of 350	73.7%	★★★★☆
2018	69.8	94 of 338	72.2%	★★★★☆

High school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2025	88.0	16 of 329	95.1%	★★★★★
2024	89.2	13 of 333	96.1%	★★★★★
2023	91.5	7 of 321	97.8%	★★★★★
2022	92.2	8 of 326	97.5%	★★★★★
2021	86.5	22 of 322	93.2%	★★★★★
2019	84.8	24 of 313	92.3%	★★★★★
2018	85.9	14 of 302	95.4%	★★★★★
2017	83.1	12 of 297	96.0%	★★★★★
2016	78.9	25 of 297	91.6%	★★★★★
2015	83.3	9 of 312	97.1%	★★★★★
2014	78.6	22 of 309	92.9%	★★★★★
2013	83.0	15 of 312	95.2%	★★★★★
2012	75.1	52 of 310	83.2%	★★★★☆
2011	70.2	80 of 300	73.3%	★★★★☆
2010	70.8	70 of 297	76.4%	★★★★☆
2009	77.2	36 of 301	88.0%	★★★★☆
2008	75.4	45 of 291	84.5%	★★★★☆
2007	88.3	18 of 290	93.8%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2025	85.1	26 of 308	91.6%	★★★★★
2024	92.1	12 of 308	96.1%	★★★★★
2023	91.3	9 of 308	97.1%	★★★★★
2022	86.4	16 of 311	94.9%	★★★★★
2021	86.3	20 of 288	93.1%	★★★★★
2019	86.4	19 of 292	93.5%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2025	89.4	16 of 323	95.0%	★★★★★
2024	89.6	19 of 328	94.2%	★★★★★
2023	85.7	17 of 321	94.7%	★★★★★
2022	93.2	7 of 322	97.8%	★★★★★
2021	93.3	8 of 285	97.2%	★★★★★
2019	90.9	12 of 301	96.0%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2025	88.4	17 of 313	94.6%	★★★★★
2024	87.5	19 of 315	94.0%	★★★★★
2023	89.5	14 of 306	95.4%	★★★★★
2022	92.0	7 of 301	97.7%	★★★★★
2021	88.5	16 of 292	94.5%	★★★★★
2019	83.4	29 of 291	90.0%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Louisiana percentile	Rating
2025	84.5	22 of 245	91.0%	★★★★★
2024	84.5	15 of 248	94.0%	★★★★★
2023	87.8	14 of 249	94.4%	★★★★★
2022	86.7	14 of 250	94.4%	★★★★★
2021	77.9	30 of 245	87.8%	★★★★☆
2019	75.9	37 of 249	85.1%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Special Education (2023)99th percentile+18 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)87th percentile

Male (2025)77th percentile

White (2025)71st percentile

Female (2025)66th percentile

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)95th percentile+7 vs school

Female (2025)89th percentile~ school

Male (2025)85th percentile-3 vs school

White (2025)81st percentile-7 vs school

High school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)95th percentile~ school

Male (2025)95th percentile~ school

Female (2025)92nd percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)91st percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs Louisiana (2024-2025) ?

U.S. History92%+38 vs state

Algebra I90%+27 vs state

English I88%+19 vs state

English II85%+18 vs state

Geometry84%+27 vs state

English Language Arts82%+12 vs state

Mathematics78%+18 vs state

Biology76%+17 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				LEAP Mathematics (2025)							LEAP English Language Arts (2025)							LEAP Algebra I (2025)	LEAP Geometry (2025)	LEAP English II (2025)	LEAP U.S. History (2025)	LEAP English I (2025)	LEAP Biology (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	LEAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	LEAP Mathematics 4th Grade	LEAP Mathematics 5th Grade	LEAP Mathematics 6th Grade	LEAP Mathematics 7th Grade	LEAP Mathematics 8th Grade	LEAP Mathematics All Grades	LEAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts All Grades	LEAP Algebra I End of Course	LEAP Geometry End of Course	LEAP English II End of Course	LEAP U.S. History End of Course	LEAP English I End of Course	LEAP Biology End of Course	Total
Holden High School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	30120 Hwy 441	Holden	70744	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 567-9367	651	58	11.2	73.6%	561 (86.2%)	3 (0.5%)	65 (10.0%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.3%)								(n/a)		91.0			79.0	72.0	78.0		86.0			83.0		82.0	90.0	84.0	85.0	92.0	88.0	76.0	$15,334
Maurepas School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	25125 Hwy 22	Maurepas	70449	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 695-6111	301	35	8.5	83.1%	259 (86.0%)	5 (1.7%)	18 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.0%)								(n/a)	63.0	40.0	41.0	73.0	58.0	54.0	55.0	71.0	66.0	83.0	86.0	66.0	80.0	77.0	82.0	64.0	99.0	62.0	95.0	69.0	$19,626

Frequently Asked Questions about Holden High School

How many students attend Holden High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 651 students attended Holden High School.

Is Holden High School a good school?

Holden High School ranks 57^th of 447 Louisiana alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Holden High School in?

Livingston Parish

What is the racial makeup of Holden High School?

Students at Holden High School are 86% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

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