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Tensas High School

Public Grades 6-12
290th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 329 Louisiana High Schools
Better than 12% of Louisiana high schools
Summary

Tensas High School is a public high school located in Saint Joseph, Louisiana, serving grades 6-12 with a total enrollment of 157 students. The school is part of the Tensas Parish School District, which is ranked 78 out of 118 districts in Louisiana and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Tensas High School has consistently ranked in the bottom 25% of Louisiana high schools over the past decade, with its performance on LEAP tests significantly below the state and parish averages across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates in Mathematics (35%) and English Language Arts (57%) were well below the state averages of 60% and 70%, respectively. The school's performance is particularly weak in subjects like Geometry (14% proficient), U.S. History (11% proficient), and Biology (31% proficient), where the school's scores are less than half the state averages.

The school's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated between 80.5% and 87.0% over the past few years, which is generally lower than the state average. Additionally, Tensas High School has experienced high rates of chronic absenteeism, with the percentage of chronically absent students ranging from 21.9% to 50.6% in recent years, significantly higher than the state average. These challenges may be contributing to the school's persistent underperformance, and addressing them will require targeted interventions and support from the school, district, and community stakeholders.

147
Students ?
8.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$23,711
Per pupil spending ?
94.6%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 720 Plank Road
       Saint Joseph, LA  71366

(318) 766-3585

District: Tensas Parish


Feeder schools for Tensas High School:

Elementary:    Tensas Elementary School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
89.8%
White:
8.2%
Hispanic:
1.4%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 17th percentile in 2015 → 12th in 2025
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 9 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Louisiana average (35% vs 62% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (12th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (40% vs 22% Louisiana)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school35%
District avg38%
Louisiana avg62%
Middle school
337th of 447
Louisiana public middle schools ?
Bottom 25%▲ up 3 pts since 2015
From bottom 21% (2015) to bottom 25% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Louisiana Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
290th of 329
Louisiana public high schools ?
Bottom 12%▼ down 5 pts since 2015
From bottom 17% (2015) to bottom 12% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Louisiana High Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
78th of 118Tensas 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)
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202527.9337 of 44724.6%★☆☆☆☆
202425.6346 of 44922.9%★☆☆☆☆
202317.2395 of 46515.1%★☆☆☆☆
20228.1426 of 4607.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.9414 of 4599.8%★☆☆☆☆
20198.3417 of 4497.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201728.9336 of 43723.1%★☆☆☆☆
201625.4349 of 43519.8%★☆☆☆☆
201525.6379 of 48221.4%★☆☆☆☆
201414.6417 of 47011.3%★☆☆☆☆
20139.9421 of 4577.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20129.9410 of 4427.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20119.7399 of 4123.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201023.3352 of 40813.7%★☆☆☆☆
200925.2348 of 42518.1%★☆☆☆☆
200813.0376 of 4139.0%☆☆☆☆☆
200714.0358 of 3969.6%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202538.6216 of 34437.2%★★☆☆☆
202440.5198 of 33340.5%★★☆☆☆
202327.9268 of 36025.6%★☆☆☆☆
202212.7330 of 3608.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202117.8306 of 35213.1%★☆☆☆☆
201910.9326 of 3383.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201829.4236 of 31324.6%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202534.6282 of 41532.0%★★☆☆☆
202436.6283 of 41531.8%★★☆☆☆
202330.2331 of 44425.5%★☆☆☆☆
202112.6393 of 44110.9%★☆☆☆☆
201912.2389 of 4186.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202528.9326 of 43725.4%★☆☆☆☆
202431.7315 of 44429.1%★☆☆☆☆
202317.8386 of 45915.9%★☆☆☆☆
20226.1439 of 4584.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.0425 of 4556.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.2417 of 4303.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202424.9334 of 42621.6%★☆☆☆☆
20238.8417 of 4435.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.0434 of 4421.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.8417 of 4425.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.7378 of 4189.6%☆☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202510.4290 of 32911.9%★☆☆☆☆
20245.9308 of 3337.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.1273 of 32115.0%★☆☆☆☆
20227.9296 of 3269.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.1282 of 32212.4%★☆☆☆☆
201911.9279 of 31310.9%★☆☆☆☆
201810.1275 of 3028.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201713.0280 of 2975.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201625.4259 of 29712.8%★☆☆☆☆
201529.5260 of 31216.7%★☆☆☆☆
201417.6279 of 3099.7%★☆☆☆☆
20135.6300 of 3123.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201217.7283 of 3108.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201136.9232 of 30022.7%★☆☆☆☆
201032.3234 of 29721.2%★☆☆☆☆
200927.9241 of 30119.9%★☆☆☆☆
200810.3273 of 2916.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20079.4276 of 2904.8%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202519.3214 of 25616.4%★☆☆☆☆
202413.6228 of 26012.3%★☆☆☆☆
202323.1200 of 25220.6%★☆☆☆☆
202217.2222 of 25613.3%★☆☆☆☆
202123.2193 of 24320.6%★☆☆☆☆
201919.5197 of 23315.5%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202538.3197 of 30836.0%★★☆☆☆
202315.3268 of 30813.0%★☆☆☆☆
202219.4257 of 31117.4%★☆☆☆☆
202112.5255 of 28811.5%★☆☆☆☆
201917.1246 of 29215.8%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202512.3286 of 32311.5%★☆☆☆☆
20244.3312 of 3284.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.7278 of 32113.4%★☆☆☆☆
20228.1299 of 3227.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.9251 of 28511.9%★☆☆☆☆
201921.1246 of 30118.3%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
20258.4284 of 3139.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.4301 of 3154.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202310.4270 of 30611.8%★☆☆☆☆
20227.0279 of 3017.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.3247 of 29215.4%★☆☆☆☆
201914.3252 of 29113.4%★☆☆☆☆
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)
Middle school
African American (2025)37th percentile+13 vs school
Female (2025)32nd percentile+7 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)25th percentile~ school
Male (2024)22nd percentile~ school
High school
Female (2025)36th percentile+24 vs school
African American (2025)16th percentile+5 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)11th percentile~ school
Male (2025)9th percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs Louisiana (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts57%-13 vs state
Algebra I48%-15 vs state
English I48%-21 vs state
English II36%-31 vs state
Mathematics35%-25 vs state
Biology31%-28 vs state
Geometry14%-43 vs state
U.S. History11%-43 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Tensas High School

Students at Tensas High School are 90% African American, 8% White, 1% Hispanic.

Tensas High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Tensas Elementary School

Tensas High School ranks in the bottom 11.9% of Louisiana high schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 147 students attended Tensas High School.


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