Franklin Parish School Board

Franklin Parish School Board
Address
7293 Prairie Road Winnsboro , Louisiana, 71295 United States
Coordinates	32°09′08″N91°43′42″W / 32.1523°N 91.7282°W / 32.1523; -91.7282 (District office)
District information
Type	Public
Grades	PreK–12 [1]
NCES District ID	2200660 [1]
Students and staff
Students	2,842 (2020–2021) [1]
Teachers	182.74 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Staff	203.09 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Student–teacher ratio	15.55:1 [1]
Other information
Website	www.fpsb.us

Franklin Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Winnsboro, Louisiana, United States. The district serves all of Franklin Parish. ^[2]

The Franklin Parish superintendent is John Gullet, a former superintendent of Caldwell Parish Schools.

School uniforms

The district requires all students to wear school uniforms. ^[3]

Schools

High schools

• Franklin Parish High School ^[4] (Winnsboro)
  • Formed in 2005 with the consolidations of Crowville and Winnsboro high schools. ^[5]

Pre-K–8 schools

• Baskin School ^[6] (Baskin)
  • The school, initially an elementary and middle school began in the latter part of the 1800s, with Cumming's Gin and a facility on a private property housing initial classes. A building made of brick opened in 1916. ^[5] 1920 was the year that the first class graduated. ^[7] The 1926 Baskin High School Building opened, with senior high school becoming a part of the school. In 1977 it moved to a different facility. The high school division closed in 1997 and it became a PreKindergarten through 8th grade facility. ^[5] The 1926 building, which had been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was demolished in 2021. ^[8]
• Crowville School ^[9] (Crowville)
• Fort Necessity Junior High School ^[10] (Fort Necessity)
• Gilbert Junior High School ^[11] (Gilbert)

Elementary schools

• PreK-5: Winnsboro Elementary School ^[12] (Winnsboro)

Alternative schools

• Horace G. White Sr. Learning Center ^[13]

Former schools

• Crowville High School (Crowville) - Closed in 2005 with the formation of Franklin Parish High School ^[5]
• Winnsboro High School (Winnsboro) - Closed in 2005 with the formation of Franklin Parish High School ^[5]
• Ward III School ^[14]

References

1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Franklin Parish". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 5, 2022.
2. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Franklin Parish, LA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved February 4, 2024. - text list
3. "Uniform Policy Archived 2009-07-07 at the Wayback Machine ." Franklin Parish School Board.
4. "Franklin Parish High School". Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
5. "History of Baskin School". Baskin Handbook 2021-2022 (PDF). Baskin School. p. 8 (PDF p. 5/20). Retrieved February 4, 2024.
6. "Baskin School". Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
7. "Clipboard: Baskin High". The Town Talk . Alexandria, Louisiana. March 7, 2000. p. D-4. - Clipping at Newspapers.com.
8. "Announcing the 2022 Louisiana Preservation Awards". Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation . Retrieved February 4, 2024.
9. "Crowville School". Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
10. "Fort Necessity Junior High School". Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
11. "Gilbert Junior High School". Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
12. "Winnsboro Elementary School". Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
13. "Horace G. White, Sr. Learning Center". Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved April 30, 2008.
14. "Schools". Franklin Parish School Board. Archived from the original on April 12, 2003. Retrieved February 4, 2024.

External links

• Official website