Varnado High School

Public 6-12

 25543 Washington Street
       Varnado, LA  70467


(985) 732-2025

District: Washington Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
239th of 326 Louisiana High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,130 Help


Feeder schools for Varnado High School:

Elementary:    Wesley Ray Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.3 Help
Number of students:  309

Racial breakdown:

African American:
65.0%
White:
34.0%
Hispanic:
1.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients:  76.1% Help


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Compare Details Varnado High School ranks worse than 64% of middle schools in Louisiana. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 37.45. (See more...)
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Compare Details Varnado High School ranks worse than 73.3% of high schools in Louisiana. It also ranks last among 3 ranked high schools in the Washington Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 28.5. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Varnado High School has the smallest high school student body size in the Washington Parish School District. Racial makeup is: African American (65%), White (34%), Hispanic (1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 76.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Washington Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Varnado High School is 16.3, which is the lowest among 3 high schools in the Washington Parish School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Varnado High School is $12,130, which is the highest among 3 high schools in the Washington Parish School District!
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Varnado High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Varnado High School 300th of 469 Louisiana public middle schools. (See Varnado High School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Varnado High School 239th of 326 Louisiana public high schools. (See Varnado High School in the ranking list.)

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Washington Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks Washington Parish 43rd of 114 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Varnado High School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Varnado High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2012 23.68 365th 442 17.4%
2013 18.15 385th 457 15.8%
2014 15.71 412th 470 12.3%
2015 20.25 406th 482 15.8%
2016 22.52 361st 435 17.0%
2017 13.96 384th 437 12.1%
2018 25.46 318th 411 22.6%
2019 7.40 422nd 449 6.0%
2021 30.65 326th 459 29.0%
2022 38.96 289th 460 37.2%
2023 37.45 298th 465 35.9%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Varnado High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 38.19 129th 206 37.4%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Varnado High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.82 326th 403 19.1%
2019 8.83 406th 430 5.6%
2021 33.01 313th 455 31.2%
2022 45.44 249th 458 45.6%
2023 41.56 266th 459 42.0%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Varnado High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 17.53 368th 418 12.0%
2021 26.60 330th 441 25.2%
2022 42.20 270th 441 38.8%
2023 30.53 328th 444 26.1%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Varnado High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 5.62 404th 418 3.3%
2021 31.25 311th 442 29.6%
2022 32.33 300th 442 32.1%
2023 38.72 269th 443 39.3%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Varnado High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.23 202nd 313 35.5%
2019 13.57 311th 338 8.0%
2021 29.03 256th 352 27.3%
2022 45.94 183rd 360 49.2%
2023 47.12 177th 360 50.8%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Varnado High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 10.07 324th 338 4.1%
2019 3.60 347th 350 0.9%
2021 44.68 208th 358 41.9%
2022 35.13 257th 362 29.0%
2023 37.87 238th 352 32.4%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Varnado High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Varnado High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 35.63 214th 290 26.2%
2008 31.58 217th 291 25.4%
2009 35.05 222nd 301 26.2%
2010 43.82 205th 297 31.0%
2011 33.11 245th 300 18.3%
2012 25.67 272nd 310 12.3%
2013 27.15 268th 312 14.1%
2014 45.42 214th 309 30.7%
2015 41.58 230th 312 26.3%
2016 48.36 197th 297 33.7%
2017 50.44 188th 297 36.7%
2018 22.83 238th 302 21.2%
2019 19.16 262nd 313 16.3%
2021 21.46 253rd 322 21.4%
2022 24.30 250th 326 23.3%
2023 28.50 234th 321 27.1%
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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Varnado High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 27.63 85th 122 30.3%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Varnado High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 24.09 233rd 301 22.6%
2021 30.95 206th 285 27.7%
2022 41.59 188th 322 41.6%
2023 33.86 219th 321 31.8%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Varnado High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 20.05 241st 292 17.5%
2021 27.54 216th 288 25.0%
2022 50.61 160th 311 48.6%
2023 27.14 235th 308 23.7%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Varnado High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 20.11 238th 291 18.2%
2021 23.21 226th 292 22.6%
2022 26.84 224th 301 25.6%
2023 26.22 226th 306 26.1%
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Rank History for high school African American students at Varnado High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 33.37 159th 233 31.8%
2021 31.22 169th 243 30.5%
2022 53.38 103rd 256 59.8%
2023 40.33 146th 252 42.1%
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Rank History for high school White students at Varnado High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 1.67 246th 249 1.2%
2021 7.04 239th 245 2.4%
2022 3.08 245th 250 2.0%
2023 20.51 222nd 249 10.8%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Varnado 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 345 345
1990 95 193 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 288
1991 88 169 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 257
1992 87 178 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 265
1993 103 187 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 290
1994 98 195 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 293
1995 93 237 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 330
1996 93 237 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 330
1997 69 187 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 256
1998 71 175 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 246
1999 61 156 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 217
2000 73 152 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 225
2001 82 148 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 230
2002 61 124 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 185
2003 61 124 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 185
2004 40 122 4 0 0 n/a n/a 0 166
2005 39 134 7 1 0 n/a n/a 0 181
2006 43 129 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 174
2007 47 123 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 172
2008 54 123 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 179
2009 55 132 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 188
2010 64 126 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 191
2011 50 121 0 0 0 0 1 0 172
2012 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 353 353
2013 136 242 0 1 1 0 0 0 380
2014 139 225 0 0 2 0 0 0 366
2015 122 222 0 0 3 0 0 0 347
2016 123 225 0 1 3 0 4 0 356
2017 126 232 0 1 3 0 0 0 362
2018 116 246 0 1 3 0 1 0 367
2019 128 245 0 1 0 0 0 0 374
2020 104 243 0 0 0 0 0 0 347
2021 117 228 0 0 0 0 0 0 345
2022 109 200 0 2 0 0 1 0 312
2023 105 201 0 3 0 0 0 0 309

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 Varnado High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 345 23.5 14.6 113.9
1990 288 22.0 13.0 67
1991 257 20.0 12.8 86
1992 265 18.0 14.7 89.1
1993 290 18.0 16.1 91.7
1994 293 21.0 14.0 92.2
1995 330 23.0 14.3 94.8
1996 330 23.0 14.3 94.8
1997 256 22.0 11.6 80.9
1998 246 23.0 10.7 87.4
1999 217 22.0 9.9 94.9
2000 225 20.0 11.3 94.7
2001 230 21.0 11.0 95.2
2002 185 20.0 9.3 97.3
2003 185 20.0 9.3 97.3
2004 166 20.0 8.3 98.2
2005 181 19.5 9.3 96.7
2006 174 19.0 9.2 97.7
2007 172 18.0 9.6 98.3
2008 179 17.5 10.2 95.5
2009 188 19.0 9.9 96.8
2010 191 n/a n/a 93.2
2011 172 18.9 9.1 97.1
2012 353 27.9 12.6 97.5
2013 380 29.9 12.7 95.8
2014 366 26.8 13.6 98.4
2015 347 26.0 13.3 98.8
2016 356 n/a n/a 97.5
2017 362 36.0 10.0 96.4
2018 367 21.5 17.0 66.2
2019 374 23.0 16.2 64.7
2020 347 23.2 14.9 70.9
2021 345 23.1 14.9 73.9
2022 312 20.3 15.3 58.3
2023 309 18.9 16.3 76.1

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 Varnado High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 345 23.5 14.6 113.9
1990 288 22.0 13.0 67
1991 257 20.0 12.8 86
1992 265 18.0 14.7 89.1
1993 290 18.0 16.1 91.7
1994 293 21.0 14.0 92.2
1995 330 23.0 14.3 94.8
1996 330 23.0 14.3 94.8
1997 256 22.0 11.6 80.9
1998 246 23.0 10.7 87.4
1999 217 22.0 9.9 94.9
2000 225 20.0 11.3 94.7
2001 230 21.0 11.0 95.2
2002 185 20.0 9.3 97.3
2003 185 20.0 9.3 97.3
2004 166 20.0 8.3 98.2
2005 181 19.5 9.3 96.7
2006 174 19.0 9.2 97.7
2007 172 18.0 9.6 98.3
2008 179 17.5 10.2 95.5
2009 188 19.0 9.9 96.8
2010 191 n/a n/a 93.2
2011 172 18.9 9.1 97.1
2012 353 27.9 12.6 97.5
2013 380 29.9 12.7 95.8
2014 366 26.8 13.6 98.4
2015 347 26.0 13.3 98.8
2016 356 n/a n/a 97.5
2017 362 36.0 10.0 96.4
2018 367 21.5 17.0 66.2
2019 374 23.0 16.2 64.7
2020 347 23.2 14.9 70.9
2021 345 23.1 14.9 73.9
2022 312 20.3 15.3 58.3
2023 309 18.9 16.3 76.1

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 Varnado High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $11,366
2018 $11,539
2019 $11,755
2020 $12,130

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Varnado High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 422nd of 449 Middle schoolsRanks 298th of 465 Middle schools
 29.9%
Ranks 262nd of 313 High schoolsRanks 234th of 321 High schools
 10.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Varnado High School)2840
 12%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Washington Parish)4562
 17%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6157
 4%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Varnado High School)4466
 22%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Washington Parish)5873
 15%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)6768
 1%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Varnado High School)4471
 27%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Washington Parish)7177
 6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7267
 5%
7th Grade Social Studies (Varnado High School)1832
 14%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Washington Parish)5154
 3%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5552
 3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Varnado High School)5275
 23%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Washington Parish)6479
 15%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7170
 1%
8th Grade Social Studies (Varnado High School)2548
 23%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Washington Parish)5754
 3%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)6453
 11%
End of Course Algebra I (Varnado High School)4562
 17%
   End of Course Algebra I (Washington Parish)5471
 17%
   End of Course Algebra I (Louisiana)6764
 3%
End of Course Geometry (Varnado High School)4351
 8%
   End of Course Geometry (Louisiana)6861
 7%
End of Course English II (Varnado High School)4844
 4%
   End of Course English II (Washington Parish)7267
 5%
   End of Course English II (Louisiana)6967
 2%
End of Course U.S. History (Varnado High School)3031
 1%
   End of Course U.S. History (Washington Parish)6250
 12%
   End of Course U.S. History (Louisiana)5954
 5%
End of Course English I (Varnado High School)6558
 7%
   End of Course English I (Washington Parish)7173
 2%
   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 Students374309
 17.4%
African American245201
 18%
American Indian00
Asian00
Hispanic13
 200%
Pacific Islander00
White128105
 18%
Two or More Races00
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients64.7%76.1%
 11.3%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Varnado High School

Students at Varnado High School are 65% African American, 34% White.

In the 2022-23 school year, 309 students attended Varnado High School.

Varnado High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Wesley Ray Elementary School

Varnado High School ranks 239th of 326 Louisiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.


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