Original Research by School Decision on Captain Shreve High School
Captain Shreve High School, a regular public high school in Shreveport serving grades nine through twelve, is the largest high school in the Caddo Parish school system by a considerable margin. It draws a student body that is both large and diverse. The enrollment is majority Black, with a substantial white minority and smaller shares of students who are Hispanic, Asian, or of two or more races. More than half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that a majority of families are in a lower income bracket. The school sits in the Broadmoor area of Shreveport, on the city’s south side near the intersection of Youree Drive and East Kings Highway, a corridor lined with shopping centers and medical offices. The surrounding neighborhood is a mix of mid-century homes and newer apartment complexes, and housing values in the area’s zip code fall near the midpoint of national averages, while rents are markedly below national levels, making this one of the more affordable parts of the city for families.
Because Captain Shreve is a regular public high school under the Caddo Parish district, and because it serves a standard grade band, a parent might expect state testing data to be available. No state assessment results for any subject or grade were present in the data. The comparison set that would position this school’s overall proficiency relative to other districts in Caddo Parish was also missing. The same was true for graduation rate and chronic absenteeism rate; neither figure was provided. Without these core academic indicators, a family cannot form a data-driven judgment about student performance or on-time graduation at this school based on what is available here. A parent would need to ask the school or district directly for this information.
The school environment and access section, which would typically describe factors like discipline rates, course access, staffing ratios, and attendance, was also empty. Given that Captain Shreve is a comprehensive high school that is not chartered and carries no magnet designation, and given that it operates within a district with a pointed economic context—Shreveport has experienced a steady population decline, high poverty rates, and a challenging economic transition away from oil and manufacturing—the absence of any course-offerings or program data leaves a real gap. Many large southern high schools in similar settings offer a wide range of Advanced Placement, dual-enrollment, and career-technical pathways, but nothing here confirms or denies that. The district itself, Caddo Parish Public Schools, did not have any recent changes or policy developments surfaced in the research, so there is no district-level context to add about new programs, funding shifts, or reform initiatives.
What is clear is the scale and composition of the student body. With a freshman class and a sophomore class each around the same size, and an overall enrollment that is very large for a high school, Captain Shreve is a place where a student will experience a sizable peer environment. The racial and economic diversity is substantial. The school appears to be a neighborhood-based comprehensive high school for a large section of south Shreveport. For families who value a school with a very large enrollment and a diverse student population, that is the straightforward character of this place. The absence of academic performance data, graduation metrics, and program descriptions means that a family considering this school has a limited picture to work from and will need to invest time in direct outreach to the school to fill in the most essential details about learning outcomes and academic pathways.
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