Central Louisiana News

Grant High School had the highest enrollment among Grant Parish schools, welcoming 609 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, 52.4% of them were boys, and 47.6% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 84.1% of Grant High School's total enrollment.

Among the eight schools in the Grant Parish, Grant Junior High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 513 students, while Pollock Elementary School welcomed 465 students to be ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

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

In the previous school year, Grant High School still had the highest number of students among Grant 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
Grant High School	Dry Prong	609
Grant Junior High School	Dry Prong	513
Pollock Elementary School	Pollock	465
South Grant Elementary School	Dry Prong	458
Montgomery High School	Montgomery	235
Georgetown High School	Georgetown	223
Verda Elementary School	Montgomery	207
Colfax Elementary School	Colfax	140