In 2005, somewhat more students of ethnic minorities enrolled after Hurricane Katrina displaced them from the New Orleans area.

[5][6][7] Although segregation academies were forced to eliminate explicitly racial admissions policies in the 1970s, all of False River's students were white until the late 1990s.

[8] As part of an effort to increase diversity, the school offers several minority scholarships.

[9] When the school was founded, it operated in temporary buildings on the edge of a sugar cane field in New Roads a short distance from False River.

[11] Beginning in 2015, the school began offering dual enrollment courses for college credit.

The dual enrollment courses offered include: College Algebra, Trigonometry, Chemistry, English, Social Studies, and Spanish.

[6] In 2010, the average composite ACT score for the school was 21.6, second among the parish's four high schools, according to a Pointe Coupee Parish Chamber of Commerce Report that cited Louisiana Department of Education data.

False River Academy is a member of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) and has been competing in this league since 1991.