Castor High School

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Castor High School
Castor High School, Castor, LA IMG 0055.JPG
Location
140 Front Street,
Castor, Louisiana, U.S.
Information
LocaleRural [1]
School district Bienville Parish School Board
NCES District ID2200210
NCES School ID220021000092
Gradespre-K to 12th
Enrollment1,948 (2023) [1]
Student to teacher ratio9.57 (2023) [1]
Color(s)green, yellow   
MascotTigers
Website www.bpsb.us/o/chs

Castor High School (CHS) is an American public school for grades pre-K to 12th, located on 140 Front Street in Castor, Louisiana. [1] [2] It is part of the Bienville Parish School Board.

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History

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Old Castor High School (circa 1910–1920)

In the 1910s, the McMichael's Company built the first Castor High School building in Castor, Louisiana. [3] W.M. Caskey was the founding principal. [3] In January 1923, the school's two buildings burned down, and were rebuilt starting in July of the same year. [3]

The Giddens twins were multi-sport athletes at the school, and state champions in a relay track event in 2019. [4] In 2019, Gayle Benson who owns the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans teams, donated money to the school for repairs and remodel. [5] In 2019, the school experienced a false bomb threat. [6] [7]

In 2023, it had an enrollment of 1,971 students, 89.5% of whom were white. [2]

Alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Castor High School". National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Institute of Education Sciences. 2022–2023.
  2. 1 2 "Castor High School". U.S. News & World Report . 2022–2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Dison, Benjamin Brad (August 2, 2014). Bienville Parish. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4671-1191-1 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Watson, Jimmy (2019). "La. Tech's Simon, ULM's Giddens, Christian ready to rumble vs. USA Olympic team". The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana) .
  5. ↑ "Saints, Pelicans owner Gayle Benson donates money to Castor High for school renovations". KLFY-TV . December 8, 2019.
  6. ↑ Cummings, Sharon (April 18, 2019). "Castor High School on lockdown for second time in a week". My ArkLaMiss News.
  7. ↑ Sayles, Matt (April 18, 2019). "Fake Bomb threat shuts down Castor High School". KTBS-TV . Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Castor's Lee Smith heads to Cooperstown". The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana) . July 20, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Lee Smith". Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame .
  10. ↑ Booher, Kary (December 12, 2017). "Hall of Fame announces Enshrinement Ceremonies for January 2018". Missouri Sports Hall of Fame .
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