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West Monroe High School had the highest enrollment among Ouachita Parish schools, welcoming 2,040 students during the 2021-22 school year, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

Out of the total students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.1% of them were boys, and 48.9% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 65.6% of West Monroe High School's total enrollment.

Among the 57 schools in the Ouachita Parish, Ouachita Parish High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,156 students, while West Ouachita High School welcomed 1,078 students to be ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

West Monroe High School is part of the Ouachita Parish School District, which generally encompasses schools within Ouachita Parish, with its main office in Monroe.

In the previous school year, West Monroe High School still had the highest number of students among Ouachita Parish schools.

The majority of Louisiana students were either white (48%) or Black (37%) in the 2021-22 school year.

In 2022, there was roughly one teacher for every 18 students in Louisiana, which is worse than the national average of one teacher for every 16 students.

Only 22% of Louisiana’s teachers are Black or Latino, compared to about 48% of the state's K–12 students who identify as either race.

School name	City	Total School Enrollment
West Monroe High School	West Monroe	2,040
Ouachita Parish High School	Monroe	1,156
West Ouachita High School	West Monroe	1,078
Neville High School	Monroe	993
Sterlington Elementary School	Sterlington	789
Claiborne School	West Monroe	721
Sallie Humble Elementary School	Monroe	654
West Ridge Middle School	West Monroe	637
Lexington Elementary School	Monroe	616
Good Hope Middle School	West Monroe	600
Wossman High School	Monroe	573
Woodlawn Elementary School	West Monroe	554
Carroll High School	Monroe	550
Jack Hayes Elementary School	Monroe	531
Lakeshore School	Monroe	529
East Ouachita Middle School	Monroe	518
Sterlington High School	Monroe	504
Drew Elementary School	West Monroe	502
Calhoun Elementary School	Calhoun	499
Robert E. Lee Junior High School	Monroe	499
Kiroli Elementary School	West Monroe	496
Richwood High School	Monroe	491
George Welch Elementary School	West Monroe	455
Calhoun Middle School	Calhoun	447
J. S. Clark Magnet Elementary School	Monroe	447
Riser Middle School	West Monroe	428
Cypress Point Elementary School	Monroe	414
Sterlington Middle School	Sterlington	408
Ouachita Junior High School	Monroe	405
Roy Neal Shelling Senior Elementary School	Monroe	401
Minnie Ruffin Elementary School	Monroe	401
Central Elementary School	Calhoun	388
Swartz Lower Elementary School	Monroe	387
Robinson Elementary School	Monroe	359
Swartz Upper Elementary School	Monroe	354
Richwood Junior High School	Monroe	352
Madison James Foster Elementary School	Monroe	342
Berg Jones Elementary School	Monroe	311
Highland Elementary School	West Monroe	307
Martin Luther King Junior High School	Monroe	302
Carroll Junior High School	Monroe	300
Lenwil Elementary School	West Monroe	294
Carver Elementary School	Monroe	293
Barkdull Faulk Elementary School	Monroe	291
Riser Elementary School	West Monroe	288
Riverbend Elementary School	West Monroe	285
Woodlawn Middle School	West Monroe	277
Clara Hall Accelerated School	Monroe	265
Shady Grove Elementary School	Monroe	259
Crosley Elementary School	West Monroe	233
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	Monroe	228
New Vision Learning Academy	Monroe	224
Sherrouse School	Monroe	223
Boley Elementary School	West Monroe	209
Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School	West Monroe	200
Swayze Elementary School	Monroe	197
Southside Alternative High School	Monroe	89