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There were 11,353 white students enrolled in Ouachita Parish schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

Data showed that Ouachita Parish welcomed 26,536 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 42.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the parish.

Among the 57 schools in Ouachita Parish, West Monroe High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,316 students.

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 compared to the national average of one teacher for 16 students. Teachers handling a higher number of students was found to have negative consequences for students’ school performance.

School name	% of White students enrollment	Enrollment of White Students
Woodlawn Elementary School	95.9%	512
Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School	95.8%	181
Woodlawn Middle School	95.4%	288
Central Elementary School	91.2%	385
Calhoun Elementary School	91.1%	461
West Ouachita High School	90.9%	926
Drew Elementary School	89.3%	461
George Welch Elementary School	88.3%	399
Calhoun Middle School	87.5%	405
West Ridge Middle School	81.7%	504
Kiroli Elementary School	78.5%	377
Claiborne School	77.2%	550
Good Hope Middle School	73%	411
Sterlington Middle School	72.2%	296
Sterlington High School	72.2%	371
Sterlington Elementary School	71.8%	568
Highland Elementary School	71.6%	204
West Monroe High School	64.8%	1,317
Lenwil Elementary School	54.7%	156
Lexington Elementary School	51.3%	299
Swartz Lower Elementary School	51.1%	192
Crosley Elementary School	45.8%	92
Sallie Humble Elementary School	45.3%	260
Swartz Upper Elementary School	42.3%	155
East Ouachita Middle School	38.1%	198
Neville High School	36%	371
Riser Elementary School	30.3%	93
Lakeshore School	29.4%	161
Riser Middle School	28.9%	123
Robert E. Lee Junior High School	26.9%	124
Boley Elementary School	25.8%	70
Ouachita Parish High School	24.6%	272
Southside Alternative High School	14.9%	18
Sherrouse School	8.2%	15
Riverbend Elementary School	7.8%	24
Cypress Point Elementary School	5.9%	26
Jack Hayes Elementary School	4.2%	23
Shady Grove Elementary School	3.5%	8
Ouachita Junior High School	3%	12
Barkdull Faulk Elementary School	2%	5
Richwood Junior High School	1.7%	6
Robinson Elementary School	1.6%	6
Clara Hall Accelerated School	1.1%	3
Roy Neal Shelling Senior Elementary School	1%	4
Richwood High School	0.9%	4
Minnie Ruffin Elementary School	0.7%	3
J. S. Clark Magnet Elementary School	0.7%	3
Madison James Foster Elementary School	0.6%	2
Carroll Junior High School	0.6%	2
Martin Luther King Junior High School	0.6%	2
Wossman High School	0.5%	3
New Vision Learning Academy	0.5%	1
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School	0.4%	1
Berg Jones Elementary School	0.3%	1