High · Career and technical · Grades 6 to 12

David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy, Lafayette, LA

CEP schoolDavid Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy is a public high school in Lafayette, part of Lafayette Parish. It enrolled 1,362 students in 2024-25, with 21.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 1,362
Teachers (FTE): 64.0
Students per teacher: 21.3
Grades: 6 to 12

This school's ratio is 3.7 higher than the district figure of 17.6. The Louisiana average across schools is 13.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school21.3

District17.6

Louisiana13.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 805 Teurlings Drive, Lafayette, LA 70501
Phone: (337)262-5962
District: Lafayette Parish
County: Lafayette Parish
Level: High
Type: Career and technical
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Midsize
NCES school ID: 220087002301

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 445
Reduced-price lunch: 94
Free or reduced-price lunch: 53939.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 418Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Lafayette Parish

Southside High School 1,833 students
Lafayette High School 1,720 students
Acadiana High School 1,652 students
Carencro High School 1,116 students
O. Comeaux High School 873 students
Northside High School 713 students
Early College Academy 257 students
Edward J Sam Accelerated School of Lafayette 84 students
W. D. & Mary Baker Smith Career Center 0 students

High schools elsewhere in Lafayette

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We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.