Other / mixed grade configuration · Doyline, LA

Doyline High School

Federal NCES profile for Doyline High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 42/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 220189001436
0/100100/10042/100
👥 S:T ratio
33
🌟 Gifted program
70
🎓 Counselors
23
📋 Attendance
43
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Doyline High School earns 42/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Louisiana median.

42
Resource Index · Typical
16.7:1
students per teacher
43.4%
free-lunch eligible
385
students enrolled

Doyline High School has class sizes near the Louisiana median. Computed live against every Louisiana school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

385

Louisiana · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

23.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

16.7:1

vs 16.8:1 Louisiana avg

-1% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

43.4%

vs 62.5% Louisiana avg

-31% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Doyline High School compares with Louisiana and U.S. medians

At or below state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Doyline High School

Doyline High School is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Doyline, Louisiana, enrolling 385 students.

At 16.7:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the Louisiana median, within a few percentage points of the 16.8:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.

Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 43.4% of students eligible for free meals.

With 385 students, its enrollment sits close to the Louisiana median campus size.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 1,330 scored Louisiana schools.

Among 210 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need Louisiana schools statewide, it ranks #166, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.

Its student body is led by White (70%) and African American (18%) (diversity index 47/100).

Counselor availability sits well past the ASCA benchmark, roughly 385 students sharing each counselor, though short of the most stretched campuses.

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 22.6% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

Its district draws 17.6% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Webster Parish also operates Minden High School (689 students) and Lakeside Junior-Senior High School (546 students) alongside Doyline High School.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Doyline High School compares

Doyline High School on the metrics families compare, against Louisiana and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Louisiana Louisiana avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 16.7:1 ▼ 1% 16.8:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 43.4% ▼ 31% 62.5% 51.7%
Enrollment 385 top 58% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

16.7:1
Leaner classes than 33% of US schools, heavier class loads than most.
385
Bigger than 45% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
43.4%
free-lunch eligible - 31% below the Louisiana average of 62.5%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
16.7:1
students per teacher - 1% below state mean
Top 54% in Louisiana - lower ratio than 46% of state schools
Between 16:1 and 20:1, squarely in the typical U.S. public-school staffing range.
Engagement
22.6%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$13,568
per pupil, district-wide - below Louisiana avg of $16,376
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 385 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
16
in-school suspensions + 16 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 4.2 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 8.3 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 70.4%
African American 17.7%
Hispanic or Latino 7.3%
Two or More 3.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian 0.5%

Largest group: White at 70.4% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 46.6/100

Simpson diversity index - at 46.6, Doyline High School is more mixed than the Louisiana school average of 43.9.

Programs

Gifted & talented Yes

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Webster Parish, which includes Doyline High School.

$13,568
Per student
-17%
vs Louisiana
Avg $16,376
-18%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 40.3%
State 42.0%
Federal 17.6%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Doyline High School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Minden High School Larger Similar economic need Similar S:T ratio
Lakeside Junior-Senior High School Larger Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Webster Junior High School Similar size Similar economic need Similar S:T ratio
J. a. Phillips Elementary School Similar size Higher economic need Higher S:T ratio
Central Elementary School Similar size Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Doyline High School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Webster Parish · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Louisiana, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Doyline High School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Doyline High School

How many students attend Doyline High School?

Doyline High School has 385 students enrolled. It is a public school in Doyline, LA.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Doyline High School?

The student-teacher ratio at Doyline High School is 16.7:1, which is 1% lower than the Louisiana average of 16.8:1 and 6% higher than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Doyline High School?

43.4% of students at Doyline High School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Louisiana average of 62.5%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Doyline High School?

The largest demographic group at Doyline High School is White at 70.4% of enrollment, in Doyline, LA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Doyline High School?

Doyline High School has a Resource Investment Index of 42/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Doyline High School a good school?

Doyline High School earns 42/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Louisiana median. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Webster Parish?

Besides Doyline High School, Webster Parish also operates Minden High School (689 students), Lakeside Junior-Senior High School (546 students), and Webster Junior High School (461 students). See the Webster Parish district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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