Central Louisiana News

Jena High School had the highest enrollment among LaSalle Parish schools, welcoming 493 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 80.7% of Jena High School's total enrollment.

Among the nine schools in the LaSalle Parish, Jena Elementary School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 382 students, while Olla-Standard Elementary School welcomed 375 students to be ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

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

In the previous school year, Jena High School still had the highest number of students among LaSalle 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
Jena High School	Jena	493
Jena Elementary School	Jena	382
Olla-Standard Elementary School	Olla	375
Jena Junior High School	Jena	305
Goodpine Middle School	Jena	258
Lasalle High School	Olla	225
Fellowship Elementary School	Trout	186
Lasalle Junior High School	Urania	176
Nebo Elementary School	Jena	153