Anacoco High School

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Anacoco High School
Address
Anacoco High School
4740 Port Arthur Avenue

Anacoco
,
(Vernon Parish)
,
Louisiana
71403

United States
Coordinates 31°15′07″N93°20′19″W / 31.2520°N 93.3385°W / 31.2520; -93.3385
Information
TypePublic high school
School district Vernon Parish School Board
PrincipalWhitney Mawae
Staff22.00 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment347 [1]  (2022-23)
Student to teacher ratio15.77 [1]
Color(s)Purple and gold   
Athletics conferenceDistrict 4-B
Nickname Indians
YearbookThe Chief
Website

Anacoco High School, a 2016 Blue Ribbon School [2] is a grade 7-12 middle/high school in Anacoco, Louisiana, a village in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It is governed by the Vernon Parish School Board.

Contents

Academics

In 2008, Anacoco High School was among 39 Louisiana high schools recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the country's Best High Schools, receiving a bronze medal ranking. [3]

In 2016, Anacoco High School was one of seven Louisiana schools to be recognized by the United States Department of Education as a Blue Ribbon School, having been labeled an "A" school since 1999. [4]

Athletics

The Anacoco Indians compete in Class B of the Louisiana High School Athletics Association.

Ashley Antony played five basketball seasons (1994-99) at Anacoco. She played two seasons at Louisiana Tech before an ankle injury and subsequent surgery ended her basketball career. [5]

Katie Antony is the all-time leading scorer in high school girls' basketball history for 5-on-5 basketball (girls used to play 6-on-6) and the only high school girls' basketball player ever to score 6,000 points in a career. [5] Her 6,190 point total includes six seasons on the varsity at Anacoco. She was a five-time first-team all-state player in Louisiana and a four-time all-state Most Valuable Player. She played at Vanderbilt and later transferred to LSU. She made the McDonald's All-American Team and was the Gatorade State Player of the Year. Katie stopped playing basketball in college while at LSU to concentrate on her degree in medicine. [6]

In 2020, the Antony sisters were elected to the Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame. [5]

On January 22, 2024, a fire destroyed the school's softball locker room, wiping out the team's equipment a week before the season began. The Vernon Parish Fire District ruled that the facility was a total loss. Officials did not confirm the cause of the fire except to say that it was under investigation by the state Fire Marshal's office. [7]

State Championships

Boys Basketball

Girls Basketball

Softball

Notable alumni

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References

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  2. ↑ "Previous NBRS Awardees". United States Department of Education. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  3. ↑ "Vernon Parish schools make U.S. News and World Report's list of best high schools". Hornell Evening Tribune. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  4. ↑ "Anacoco High School receives national recognition for high academic performance". KALB-TV. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  5. 1 2 3 "Nation's highest-scoring prep basketball sisters headed to Louisiana High School Sports Hall of Fame". BVM Sports. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  6. ↑ "Top 100 high school girls basketball scorers of all time". MaxPreps. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  7. ↑ "'Complete devastation': Anacoco High softball locker room destroyed in fire". KPLC-TV. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
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