St. James High School

Public 7-12

 22187 Hwy 20
       Vacherie, LA  70090


(225) 258-4900

District: St. James Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
132nd of 326 Louisiana High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $19,815 Help


Feeder schools for St. James High School:

Elementary:    Vacherie Elementary School
Middle:    Sixth Ward Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.3 Help
Number of students:  634

Racial breakdown:

African American:
72.6%
White:
23.3%
Hispanic:
3.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  64.7% Help


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Compare Details St. James High School ranks better than 64.6% of middle schools in Louisiana. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 63.33. (See more...)
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Compare Details St. James High School ranks better than 59.5% of high schools in Louisiana. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 61.48. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (72.6%), White (23.3%), Hispanic (3.3%). (See more...)
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Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at St. James High School is 13.3. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at St. James High School is $19,815.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

St. James High School:

SchoolDigger ranks St. James High School 166th of 469 Louisiana public middle schools. (See St. James High School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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SchoolDigger ranks St. James High School 132nd of 326 Louisiana public high schools. (See St. James High School in the ranking list.)

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St. James Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks St. James Parish 20th of 114 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for St. James High School

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Rank History for all middle school students at St. James High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 38.79 272nd 396 31.3%
2008 40.53 273rd 413 33.9%
2009 37.76 295th 425 30.6%
2010 37.80 283rd 408 30.6%
2011 54.31 219th 412 46.8%
2012 47.47 251st 442 43.2%
2013 46.40 264th 457 42.2%
2014 37.83 318th 470 32.3%
2015 39.08 324th 482 32.8%
2016 47.61 261st 435 40.0%
2017 65.35 153rd 437 65.0%
2018 72.06 79th 411 80.8%
2019 68.59 145th 449 67.7%
2021 52.19 219th 459 52.3%
2022 61.16 183rd 460 60.2%
2023 63.33 165th 465 64.5%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at St. James High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 53.61 73rd 202 63.9%
2021 88.17 7th 210 96.7%
2022 81.27 18th 206 91.3%
2023 34.17 135th 206 34.5%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at St. James High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.34 43rd 403 89.3%
2019 66.98 129th 430 70.0%
2021 47.98 233rd 455 48.8%
2022 52.83 210th 458 54.1%
2023 57.76 180th 459 60.8%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at St. James High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 68.00 140th 418 66.5%
2021 51.29 220th 441 50.1%
2022 62.08 162nd 441 63.3%
2023 58.62 189th 444 57.4%
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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at St. James High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.99 42nd 170 75.3%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at St. James High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 54.61 192nd 418 54.1%
2021 50.68 214th 442 51.6%
2022 59.58 176th 442 60.2%
2023 67.87 132nd 443 70.2%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at St. James High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.14 27th 313 91.4%
2019 77.41 61st 338 82.0%
2021 64.07 92nd 352 73.9%
2022 70.51 66th 360 81.7%
2023 73.43 66th 360 81.7%
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Rank History for middle school White students at St. James High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.40 41st 338 87.9%
2019 59.72 148th 350 57.7%
2021 61.06 142nd 358 60.3%
2022 64.75 129th 362 64.4%
2023 62.00 128th 352 63.6%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for St. James High School

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Rank History for all high school students at St. James High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 65.94 99th 290 65.9%
2008 71.80 61st 291 79.0%
2009 46.08 181st 301 39.9%
2010 44.11 203rd 297 31.6%
2011 47.56 198th 300 34.0%
2012 50.89 184th 310 40.6%
2013 54.35 170th 312 45.5%
2014 56.53 159th 309 48.5%
2015 64.84 105th 312 66.3%
2016 60.57 122nd 297 58.9%
2017 65.60 121st 297 59.3%
2018 57.04 131st 302 56.6%
2019 61.77 126th 313 59.7%
2021 47.68 169th 322 47.5%
2022 55.66 146th 326 55.2%
2023 61.48 129th 321 59.8%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at St. James High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 58.91 114th 301 62.1%
2021 34.08 192nd 285 32.6%
2022 54.71 138th 322 57.1%
2023 54.27 145th 321 54.8%
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Rank History for high school Female students at St. James High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 63.56 109th 292 62.7%
2021 52.95 145th 288 49.7%
2022 66.92 100th 311 67.8%
2023 62.71 123rd 308 60.1%
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Rank History for high school Male students at St. James High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 60.77 113th 291 61.2%
2021 34.04 204th 292 30.1%
2022 43.39 166th 301 44.9%
2023 59.12 126th 306 58.8%
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Rank History for high school African American students at St. James High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 73.47 36th 233 84.5%
2021 60.92 80th 243 67.1%
2022 68.78 49th 256 80.9%
2023 71.36 49th 252 80.6%
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Rank History for high school White students at St. James High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 73.69 47th 249 81.1%
2021 60.40 86th 245 64.9%
2022 67.69 62nd 250 75.2%
2023 65.49 77th 249 69.1%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for St. James 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 599 599
1990 110 348 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 458
1991 108 326 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 434
1992 116 368 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 484
1993 127 395 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 522
1994 129 429 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 558
1995 138 478 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 617
1996 138 478 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 617
1997 128 484 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 613
1998 132 490 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 624
1999 110 467 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 580
2000 95 419 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 517
2001 81 415 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 497
2002 56 402 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 459
2003 56 402 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 459
2004 101 584 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 687
2005 100 557 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 661
2006 112 610 0 5 0 n/a n/a 0 727
2007 114 569 0 4 1 n/a n/a 0 688
2008 109 586 0 4 1 n/a n/a 0 700
2009 117 588 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 708
2010 130 530 0 6 0 n/a n/a 0 666
2011 122 508 0 4 0 0 2 0 636
2012 127 493 0 3 1 0 5 0 629
2013 133 521 0 6 0 0 6 0 666
2014 126 521 0 4 0 0 5 0 656
2015 130 514 0 6 0 0 6 0 656
2016 128 511 0 9 0 0 7 0 655
2017 125 515 0 16 1 0 6 0 663
2018 130 495 0 20 1 0 2 0 648
2019 127 464 1 17 1 0 2 0 612
2020 128 441 0 21 1 0 2 0 593
2021 122 446 0 19 1 0 2 0 590
2022 136 448 0 23 0 0 4 0 611
2023 148 460 0 21 0 0 5 0 634

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 St. James High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 599 39.0 15.3 40.1
1990 458 37.0 12.3 48.5
1991 434 32.0 13.5 47.2
1992 484 34.0 14.2 49
1993 522 35.0 14.9 57.9
1994 558 35.0 15.9 62.2
1995 617 34.5 17.9 51.1
1996 617 34.5 17.9 51.1
1997 613 36.0 17.0 52
1998 624 38.0 16.4 55.1
1999 580 37.0 15.7 65.9
2000 517 37.0 14.0 64.4
2001 497 36.0 13.8 72.8
2002 459 35.6 12.9 74.1
2003 459 35.6 12.9 74.1
2004 687 45.9 15.0 77.3
2005 661 56.7 11.7 78.8
2006 727 56.6 12.8 75.8
2007 688 58.2 11.8 75
2008 700 57.9 12.1 70
2009 708 65.0 10.9 78.4
2010 666 73.3 9.0 69.1
2011 636 58.5 10.8 74.7
2012 629 62.4 10.0 76.3
2013 666 60.2 11.0 74
2014 656 60.4 10.8 78.4
2015 656 57.0 11.5 82.6
2016 655 74.0 8.8 82.1
2017 663 51.6 12.8 37.6
2018 648 52.1 12.4 53.9
2019 612 47.0 13.0 48.5
2020 593 49.0 12.1 52.3
2021 590 46.0 12.8 44.2
2022 611 46.0 13.2 40.6
2023 634 47.5 13.3 64.7

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 St. James High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 599 39.0 15.3 40.1
1990 458 37.0 12.3 48.5
1991 434 32.0 13.5 47.2
1992 484 34.0 14.2 49
1993 522 35.0 14.9 57.9
1994 558 35.0 15.9 62.2
1995 617 34.5 17.9 51.1
1996 617 34.5 17.9 51.1
1997 613 36.0 17.0 52
1998 624 38.0 16.4 55.1
1999 580 37.0 15.7 65.9
2000 517 37.0 14.0 64.4
2001 497 36.0 13.8 72.8
2002 459 35.6 12.9 74.1
2003 459 35.6 12.9 74.1
2004 687 45.9 15.0 77.3
2005 661 56.7 11.7 78.8
2006 727 56.6 12.8 75.8
2007 688 58.2 11.8 75
2008 700 57.9 12.1 70
2009 708 65.0 10.9 78.4
2010 666 73.3 9.0 69.1
2011 636 58.5 10.8 74.7
2012 629 62.4 10.0 76.3
2013 666 60.2 11.0 74
2014 656 60.4 10.8 78.4
2015 656 57.0 11.5 82.6
2016 655 74.0 8.8 82.1
2017 663 51.6 12.8 37.6
2018 648 52.1 12.4 53.9
2019 612 47.0 13.0 48.5
2020 593 49.0 12.1 52.3
2021 590 46.0 12.8 44.2
2022 611 46.0 13.2 40.6
2023 634 47.5 13.3 64.7

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for St. James High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $17,115
2018 $18,539
2019 $18,625
2020 $19,815

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

Impact of COVID-19 on St. James High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 145th of 449 Middle schoolsRanks 165th of 465 Middle schools
 3.2%
Ranks 126th of 313 High schoolsRanks 129th of 321 High schools
 0.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts (St. James High School)8370
 13%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (St. James Parish)7776
 1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7267
 5%
7th Grade Social Studies (St. James High School)5250
 2%
   7th Grade Social Studies (St. James Parish)5251
 1%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5552
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (St. James High School)6263
 1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (St. James Parish)7257
 15%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)5347
 6%
8th Grade English Language Arts (St. James High School)9085
 5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (St. James Parish)8882
 6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7170
 1%
8th Grade Social Studies (St. James High School)7152
 19%
   8th Grade Social Studies (St. James Parish)6553
 12%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)6453
 11%
End of Course Geometry (St. James High School)7583
 8%
   End of Course Geometry (Louisiana)6861
 7%
End of Course English II (St. James High School)6768
 1%
   End of Course English II (St. James Parish)7468
 6%
   End of Course English II (Louisiana)6967
 2%
End of Course U.S. History (St. James High School)5848
 10%
   End of Course U.S. History (St. James Parish)5552
 3%
   End of Course U.S. History (Louisiana)5954
 5%
End of Course English I (St. James High School)8470
 14%
   End of Course English I (St. James Parish)8074
 6%
   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 Students612634
 3.6%
African American464460
 0.9%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian10
 100%
Hispanic1721
 23.5%
Pacific Islander00
White127148
 16.5%
Two or More Races25
 150%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients48.5%64.7%
 16.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about St. James High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 634 students attended St. James High School.

St. James High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Vacherie Elementary School
Middle : Sixth Ward Elementary School

St. James High School ranks 132nd of 326 Louisiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at St. James High School are 73% African American, 23% White, 3% Hispanic.


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