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Westgate High School

2305 Jefferson Island Road

Tel: (337)365-2431

Westgate High School serves 1,098 students in grades 9-12.
The student:teacher ratio of 14:1 is lower than the LA average of 16:1.
Minority enrollment is 60% of the student body (majority Black), which is more than the state average of 55%.
Westgate High School operates within the Iberia Parish School District.
Iberia Parish School District's 72% graduation rate is higher than the LA state average of 67%.

The student population of 1098 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The teacher population of 80 teachers has stayed relatively flat over five years.

The student:teacher ratio of 14:1 has increased from 13:1 over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.57 is more than the state average of 0.35. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(LA) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	14:1	16:1

Asian	7%	2%

Hispanic	1%	6%

Black	52%	44%

White	40%	45%

Hawaiian	n/a	n/a

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.57	0.35

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	64%	58%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	5%	6%

Iberia Parish School District's student population of 13,946 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The district's graduation rate of 72% has decreased from 93% over five years.
The revenue/student of $10,582 in this district is less than the state average of $15,711. The district revenue/student has stayed relatively flat over four years.
The district's spending/student of $10,258 is less than the state average of $15,475. The district spending/student has declined by 11% over four years.

School District Name	Iberia Parish School District
Number of Schools Managed	25	4
Number of Students Managed	13,946	1,685

Graduation Rate	72%	67%

District Total Revenue	$148 MM	$27 MM

District Spending	$144 MM	$26 MM

District Revenue / Student	$10,582	$15,711

District Spending / Student	$10,258	$15,475

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