Union Parish School District

Union Parish School District
Address
1206 Marion Highway Farmerville , Louisiana, 71241 United States
Coordinates	32°47′37″N92°23′17″W / 32.7936°N 92.3880°W / 32.7936; -92.3880
District information
Type	Public
Grades	PreK–12 [1]
NCES District ID	2201770 [1]
Students and staff
Students	1,919 (2020–2021) [1]
Teachers	104.15 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Staff	124.84 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Student–teacher ratio	18.43:1 [1]
Other information
Website	unionparishschools.org

The Union Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Farmerville, Louisiana, United States. It operates under the governance of the Union Parish School Board and serves the Union Parish.

In the 2012–2013 school year, Union Parish public schools had the highest rate of improvement statewide in the annual end-of-course examinations administered in Algebra I and English II. ^[2]

Schools

High schools

• Union Parish High School, sometimes abbreviated as UPHS. (Farmerville)

•D’Arbonne Woods Charter School, sometimes abbreviated as DWCS. •Union Christian Academy, sometimes abbreviated as UCA.

Junior high schools

• Union Parish Junior High School, sometimes abbreviated as UPJH. (Farmerville)

Union Parish Junior High was originally named Farmerville Junior High, but was changed in 2014. The principal of this complex is currently Kristy Auger.

Elementary schools

• Farmerville Elementary School (Unincorporated area, located on Louisiana Highway 33)

Former Schools

• Farmerville High School

Notes

• Bernice and Downsville plan to close in preparation for the integration of a high school serving all of Union Parish.
• The district is known for having the oldest fleet of school buses in the state.
• The Union Parish High School football team won the 2013 3-A State Championship game on December 13, 2013, securing a 14–1 season with a 33–27 win against Livonia High School in their first state championship since 2001. The game was a memorial to Jaleel Gipson, who died earlier that year from injuries he sustained during a playoff at the age of 17.

References

1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Union Parish". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 5, 2022.
2. "Barbara Leader, "Proficiency slips in Tensas, Franklin Parish schools", July 13, 2013". Monroe News-Star . Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

External links

• Official website