Central Lafourche High School | |
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Address | |
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4820
Louisiana Highway 1 , , 70375 United States | |
Coordinates | 29°41′02″N 90°33′02″W / 29.683825°N 90.550470°W |
Information | |
School type | Public high school |
Established | 1965 |
School district | Lafourche Parish Public Schools |
Principal | Chris Arnold |
Teaching staff | 61.94 (FTE) [1] |
Grades | 9 through 12 |
Enrollment | 1,357 (2018–19) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 21.91 [1] |
Color(s) | Green and gold |
Fight song | "Fight On" |
Mascot | Trojan |
Nickname | Trojans |
Rival |
Hahnville Tigers South Lafourche Tarpons Thibodaux Tigers |
Yearbook | ILIAD |
Website |
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Central Lafourche High School (CLHS) is a public high school serving students in grades 9 through 12 in Mathews, unincorporated Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States, [3] about 45 miles (72 km) southwest of New Orleans. The school, which has a Raceland postal address, [4] is one of three high schools in the Lafourche Parish Public Schools district. [5]
It serves the communities of: [6] Mathews, [3] Raceland, [7] Lockport, [8] Lockport Heights, [9] and Gheens as well as the Lafourche Parish section of Des Allemands. [10]
The school is a consolidation of the former Raceland High School and Lockport High School. It was established by the Lafourche Parish School Board in 1965 [11] as a three-year, co-educational senior high school. It was built at a cost of almost $4,000,000. The school became a reality with the 1966-1967 school session. Until the building was completed, the school was housed in temporary facilities on the campus of the former Lockport High School. The ninth grade and Pre G.E.D./Skills Option Programs were added to the Central Lafourche Curriculum in the 2001-2002 school year.[ citation needed]
In 1968 the high school for black students, C.M. Washington High School, was dissolved due to racial integration. [12] Therefore black students now attended the previously all-white school.
Between 2015 and 2016, according to the Louisiana State Department of Education rankings, this school's rank increased from a "B" to an "A". [13]
Central Lafourche High athletics competes in the LHSAA.
The school competes interscholastically in several sports, including: [14]