Ruston High School

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Ruston High School
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Front entrance to Ruston High School in 2010.
Address
Ruston High School
900 Bearcat Drive

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Louisiana

United States
Information
Other nameRHS
Type4-year, Public high school
MottoFirmly Founded
Established1921 building built 1939
School boardLincoln Parish School Board
DirectorAthletic Director, Jerrod Baugh
PrincipalDaniel Gressett
Staff99.97 (FTE) [1]
Years taught9-12
Enrollment1,310 (2024–2025) [1]
Student to teacher ratio12.77 [1]
Classes offeredTraditional, Project Based Learning
Hours in school day8
Classrooms350-450
CampusRuston High School
Campus sizeSmall
Color(s) Red, white and grey    
Fight song On, On You Bearcats!
AthleticsBaseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Powerlifting, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball
Athletics conference LHSAA District 2-5A
Mascot Bearcats
Nickname Bearcats
Rivals Neville High School
West Monroe High School
Ouachita Parish High School
PublicationBearcat Nation Network, Radio
YearbookThe Resume
Website RustonHigh.LincolnSchools.org
Ruston High School
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Location900 Bearcat Drive, Ruston, Louisiana
Coordinates 32°32′05″N92°39′01″W / 32.5348°N 92.65022°W / 32.5348; -92.65022
Area7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built1939
Built byCaldwell Brothers & Hart
ArchitectJ.W. Smith & Associates
Architectural style Art Deco
NRHP reference No. 92001335 [2]
Added to NRHPOctober 8, 1992
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Ruston High School Front Steps c.1970
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Ruston High School Front steps 1963-64
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Ruston High School 1962


Ruston High School is a four-year public high school located in the Lincoln Parish School District of Ruston, Louisiana, United States. Founded in 1921 and the current High School built in 1939 located near Louisiana Tech Campus.

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Founded in 1921, Ruston High has been a cornerstone for the community in many ways having notable alumni graduate from its towering walls. The current building the School is in was built in 1939 and funded by the PWA after the old high school was deemed too small for the growing number of students.

Background

The 7 acres (2.8 ha) campus of Ruston High School consists of two buildings, which were added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1992. [2] [3] [4]

The mascot is the Bearcat, with the school colors being red, white, and gray.[ citation needed ] Black students were first admitted in 1970.[ citation needed ] Ruston High School also serves as a memorial to the survivors of the Gulf War. [5]

Ideals

At Ruston High School the main goal is to equip, prepare, and determine students to flourish and be and individual. The mission statement is: Rigor, Relevance, Relationships. In conjunction with Louisiana Tech University, Ruston High offers many dual enrollment college credit classes and courses. By doing so we ensure that students are aware of the modern world and how to problem solve in their own right, communicate, and make viable career decisions.

Academics

Ruston High School offers a wide variety of intricate and important classes and courses. Ruston High has an Ag department, Radio Station, Media classes, Math department, Yearbook Staff, Photography, Talented Art Program, Health Department, Science Department, Social Studies and Civics Department, Foreign Languages Department, English Department, and many more electives and courses.

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Ruston High School 1968

Alma Mater

Firmly Founded, Alma Mater

Mother True is she,

Here beneath her towering columns, pledge we loyalty

Ruston High, Oh, Ruston High,

We will e'er be true

Sing her praises,

Speed them Onward, to the World Proclaim

We will always love and cherish

Ruston High Schools Name!

-RHS student body 1952-

Athletics

Ruston High athletics competes in the LHSAA. The Bearcats compete in the highest classification in Louisiana (5A) and participates in District 2-5A.

The RHS Bearcats play in the Hoss Garrett Stadium, across Bearcat Drive from Ruston High School.

Championships

Football championships

Coaches

Childress played football and received his undergraduate degree at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, then known as Northeast Louisiana State College, and obtained his graduate degree at Louisiana Tech University. [9]

Radio

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ruston High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  3. "Ruston High School" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 9, 2018. with four photos and two maps
  4. National Register Staff (June 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ruston High School". National Park Service . Retrieved August 9, 2018. With 14 photos from 1992.
  5. "Ruston High School Alumni Association". Archived from the original on January 30, 2023."History of Ruston High School." Ruston High School Alumni.
  6. Boatright, T. Scott (September 16, 2021). "Undefeated 1990 Bearcats to be honored during RHS Homecoming festivities". Lincoln Parish Journal. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  7. Dietrich, Aaron; Murray, Megan; Fairbairn, Brendon (December 10, 2023). "Ruston wins first state championship since 1990". KNOE. Retrieved January 16, 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Former Ruston High football coach Jimmy 'Chick' Childress dies". nola.com. August 4, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  9. "Jimmy "chick" Childress". The Monroe News-Star. Retrieved July 14, 2015.