East Jefferson High School

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East Jefferson High School
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East Jefferson High School
400 Phlox Street

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70001-4557

United States
Coordinates 29°58′39″N90°10′53″W / 29.9775°N 90.1814°W / 29.9775; -90.1814
Information
Type Public
Established1955
School district Jefferson Parish Public Schools
PrincipalBen Moscona
Teaching staff45.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades 912
Enrollment1,141 (2021-22) [1]
Student to teacher ratio25.36 [1]
Color(s)Blue and white   
Athletics conference LHSAA 8-5A [2]
Mascot Tecumseh
Nickname Warriors
Website www.jpschools.org/eastjefferson

East Jefferson High School is a public high school located in Metairie in unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. [3] Its attendance boundary includes: [4] portions of Metairie and Kenner. [5] [6] East Jefferson High School was built in 1955 in a residential neighborhood. The school serves grades 9–12. It is a part of the Jefferson Parish Public Schools system.

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History

Beginning in 1964, East Jefferson was a boys-only school for grades 10 to 11. The graduating class of 1963 was the last coed class for many years. In 1962, a new girls-only high school, Riverdale High School, was opened in Jefferson, LA shifting the 10th & 11th grade EJ girls. Starting in the 1963-64 school year girls-only Riverdale HS had 10th, 11th and 12th grades. By 1970, the East Jefferson attendance swelled to over 2000 boys and forced a two-shift "platoon" system to be implemented. Under the "A.M. & P.M." platoon shifts, the first classes went to school from 7 A.M. until noon, and the second shift went from 1 P.M. to 6 P.M. (the school cafeteria was converted to a library). In 1973, the school board began building a new all-male school near Kenner,[ citation needed ] called Alfred T. Bonnabel High, to split what was the largest school enrollment in a single K-12 institution the United States. [7] Even though it would not be completed until two years later, the district decided to call the East Jefferson morning shift “Bonnabel” and the afternoon shift “East Jefferson”. The following year, the two shifts flip-flopped. For the third year, the students who had been using the name “Bonnabel” moved into their new buildings, just north of I-10 near Power Blvd. All Jefferson Parish high schools returned to co-ed status in the early 1980s.

Athletics

East Jefferson High athletics competes in the LHSAA.

Championships

Football championships

On December 13, 2013, EJ's varsity football team finished the season 15-0 with a win against the Edna Karr Cougars, 38-28. This was EJ's first state title in school history and the first undefeated record in the regular season. They finished the season 10-0 then won their first playoff game since 1971. They then won the rest of the playoff games and finished the season with a bang by beating Edna Karr, finishing #23 in the nation.

Baseball championships

In the 1970s, EJ's baseball team won three state titles, in 1971, 1972, and 1978. In 1971, EJ beat Broadmoor 8-1 to win the 4A title. EJ repeated as 4A state champs in 1972, defeating Neville 3-2. In 1978, EJ won another 4A title, beating West Monroe by a score of 3-1.

Notable alumni

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