Crowley High School (Louisiana)

Crowley High School
Location
263 Hensgens Road Crowley, Louisiana , (Acadia Parish) , Louisiana 70526 United States
Coordinates	30°15′32″N92°24′06″W / 30.258975°N 92.401694°W / 30.258975; -92.401694
Information
Type	Public
Established	1904
Status	Open
School district	Acadia Parish School Board
NCES District ID	2200030
Superintendent	Scott M. Richard
NCES School ID	220003000006
Principal	Troy Harmon
Grades	7–12
Number of students	546
Student to teacher ratio	10.92
Color(s)	Green, Gold
Athletics conference	LHSAA District 5-3A
Mascot	Gents
Website	https://www.acadia.k12.la.us/o/chs

Crowley High School is a public junior and senior high school in Crowley, Louisiana, United States. It is overseen by the Acadia Parish School Board. ^{[1] [2]}

Fighting Gents are the school's mascot. Strength and reason is its motto. It was established in 1904.

History

H. C. Ross established a school for African Americans in the area. ^[3]

Crowley High School was one the first high schools built in Louisiana. It was led by lawyer J. W. Mobley. In 1904, its first graduation was held at the Grand Opera House in Crowley. Rose Wilder read Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven in Latin at the ceremony. ^[4]

Recognized by the Louisiana State Board of Education in 1908, the high school's initial yearly state appropriation was set at $5,000. ^[5]

Crowley High School was racially integrated in 1971. The current school was built in 1973. ^{[6] [7]}

Athletics

Crowley High athletics competes in the LHSAA.

Championships

Football championships

• (1) State Championships: 1989

Football

Kyle Benoit was named the school's head football coach in 2024. ^{[8] [9]}

Coaches

• Lewis Cook - In addition to winning the 1989 state championship, he coached teams that played for state championships in 1991 and 1996.

• Brent Indest - Crowley High won district championships in 2005, 2006 and 2015 under Coach Indest. ^{[8] [10]}

Alumni

• Rose Wilder Lane ^[11]
• Orlando Thomas, football defensive back, part of the school's 1989 state champion team ^[12]
• Johnny Rebel

References

1. "Crowley High School". acadia.k12.la.us. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
2. "Crowley High School". usnews.com. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
3. "Southern School Work". August 24, 1918 – via Google Books.
4. Coen, Cheré Dastugue (October 20, 2018). Haunted Lafayette, Louisiana. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   978-1-61423-994-9 – via Google Books.
5. "Crowley High School Recognized". Houston Post. December 24, 1908. p. 2. Retrieved September 3, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Crowley National Register Historic District Resurvey Report" (PDF). Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. July 2022.
7. Guidry, Leigh. "'It's a long, hard battle': 50 years after integration, Acadiana schools have re-segregated". Daily Advertiser. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
8. "New Coach Aims to Rebuild Crowley High Football". KPEL 96.5. January 19, 2024.
9. Narcisse, Eric (January 18, 2024). "Crowley High's new head coach Eric Cooley hopes to restore Gents football program". The Advocate.
10. "A Championship Year". The Rayne Acadian-Tribune. 1990-04-29. p. 66. Retrieved 2025-09-03.
11. Scott, Michael Dot ScottMichael Dot (November 8, 2023). "The Amazing Louisiana Connection Between Little House On The Prairie And Crowley High". 97.3 The Dawg.
12. "Orlando Thomas remembered as 'a real Viking for life': Jeff Duncan". 16 November 2014.

External links

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