Acadia Parish School Board

Acadia Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Crowley, Louisiana, United States. The district serves all of Acadia Parish.

Acadia Parish School Board
Address
Physical: 2402 North Parkerson Avenue Crowley, LA 70526 [phone] Mailing: PO Drawer 309 Crowley, LA 70527-0309 Acadia Parish United States
Coordinates	30.229735°N 92.381362°W / 30.229735; -92.381362
District information
Type	Public
Motto	Reaching Every Child Every Day
Grades	K-12
Established	July 11, 1887
President	James Higginbotham[1]
Vice-president	Delo Hebert, Jr.
Superintendent	Scott M. Richard[1]
Schools	27
NCES District ID	2200030
District ID	LA-001
Students and staff
Students	9,834
Teachers	484.48
Staff	540.1
Student–teacher ratio	20.30
Other information
Website	www.acadia.k12.la.us

Current board members

As of 2023:^[2]

• District 1: James Etta David
• District 2: Frances Reagan Miller
• District 3: Delo Hebert
• District 4: Rebecca Foux Atkinson
• District 5: Steve Jones
• District 6: Ike Richard
• District 7: James Higginbotham
• District 8: Milton R. Simar

Notable board members

• John Travis Nixon (1867-1909), publisher of what became The Crowley Post Signal^[3]

School uniforms

Beginning in the 1999–2000 school year the school district requires all students to wear school uniforms.^[4]" Acadia Parish School Board.

Schools

Preschool

• Central Rayne Kindergarten (Rayne)^[5]
• Crowley Kindergarten (Crowley)^[5]

Elementary schools

• Branch Elementary (Branch)^[5]
• Church Point Elementary (Church Point)^[5]
• Egan Elementary (Egan)^[5]
• Estherwood Elementary (Estherwood)^[5]
• Evangeline Elementary (Evangeline)^[5]
• Iota Elementary (Iota)^[5]
• Martin Petitjean Elementaryl (Rayne)^[5]
• Mermentau Elementary (Mermentau)^[5]
• Mire Elementary (Rayne)^[5]
• Morse Elementary (Morse)^[5]
• North Crowley Elementary (Crowley)^[5]
• Richard Elementary (Church Point)^[5]
• Ross Elementary (Crowley)^[5]
• South Crowley Elementary (Crowley)^[5]
• South Rayne Elementary (Rayne)^[5]

Middle schools

• Armstrong Middle (Rayne)^[5]
• Church Point Middle (Church Point)^[5]
• Crowley Middle (Crowley)^[5]
• Iota Middle (Iota)^[5]

High schools

• Church Point High (Church Point)^[5]
• Crowley High (Crowley)^[5]
• Iota High (Iota)^[5]
• Midland High (Midland)^[5]
• Rayne High School (Rayne)^[5]

Alternative Education

• Acadia Parish Alternative (Crowley)^[5]

References

1. Acadia Parish School Board (November 15, 2019). "Acadia Parish School System Staff" (PDF). www.acadia.k12.la.us. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
2. "Acadia Parish Schools". www.acadia.k12.la.us. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
3. "Dictionary of Louisiana Biography". www.lahistory.org. Louisiana Historical Association. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
4. Acadia Parish School Board (2008). "Uniform Policy". www.acadia.k12.la.us. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
5. Acadia Parish School Board. "School List". www.acadia.k12.la.us. Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2019.

External links

• Acadia Parish School Board