Avoyelles High School Explained

Avoyelles High School

Location:

287 Main Street
Moreauville, Louisiana

Country:

USA

Coordinates:

31.0356°N -91.9731°W

District:

Avoyelles Parish School Board

Principal:

Michael Rachal^[1]

Faculty:

24.00 (on FTE basis)

Ratio:

26.38

Enrollment:

633

Enrollment As Of:

2019–2020

Type:

Public

Grades:

7 to 12

Mascot:

Mustangs^[2]

Colors:

Navy, Vegas Gold, White

Established:

1926

Module:

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Moreauville High School
Built:	1926
Added:	February 14, 2008
Area:	1.5acres
Refnum:	08000019

Avoyelles High School, historically known as Moreauville High School, is a public high school in Moreauville in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana.

It educates about 630 pupils in grades 7 to 12 and is part of the Avoyelles Parish School Board. The school building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Building

Moreauville High School was built in 1926. It was designed by architect William T. Nolan in Classical Revival style. The school was renamed Avoyelles High School in 1988, after Avoyelles Parish reorganized its schools to implement court-ordered desegregation.^[3]

The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 for its significance to architecture in Avoyelles Parish and to education in Moreauville.^[4]

Athletics

Avoyelles High athletics competes in the LHSAA.

Notes and References

Web site: Principal's Message - About Us . Avoyelles High School . March 27, 2021.
Web site: LHSAA . . March 27, 2021.
News: Daye, Raymond L. . May 13, 2015 . A look back at the people involved in Avoyelles desegregation case . . March 27, 2021.
Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=08000019}} National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Moreauville High School ]. National Park Service. National Register Staff, Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation . Fall 2007 . March 27, 2021. Omits photos which accompanied nomination.