West Feliciana Parish Public Schools

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The entrance to the West Feliciana schools complex in Bains
West Feliciana High School
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Address
West Feliciana Parish Public Schools
8604 U.S. Highway 61

St. Francisville
,
(West Feliciana Parish)
,
Louisiana
70775

United States
Coordinates 30°49′35″N91°23′03″W / 30.826292°N 91.384202°W / 30.826292; -91.384202
Information
TypePublic high school
PrincipalKarolyn Taylor
Staff41.13 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment615 [1]  (2023-24)
Student to teacher ratio14.95 [1]
Color(s)Royal blue and white [2]
  
Nickname Saints [2]
Website West Feliciana High School

West Feliciana Parish Public Schools (WFPPS) or West Feliciana Parish School Board (WFPSB) is a school district headquartered in St. Francisville, Louisiana, United States. [3]

Contents

The district serves residents of West Feliciana Parish, including St. Francisville, [4] Bains, Tunica, Wakefield, and the residences of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola).

As of 2012 it was the school district in Louisiana with the third-highest level of academic performance, after the Zachary Community School Board and the New Orleans Public Schools campuses not within the Recovery School District. [5]

School uniforms

All WFPPS schools have mandatory school uniforms. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Schools

All of the schools are located in unincorporated areas.

Secondary schools
Primary schools
Former schools
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Tunica Elementary School

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "West Feliciana High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "LHSAA Coaches Directory 2023-24" (PDF). LHSAA.org. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Locations." West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on October 12, 2010. "4727 Fidelity Street St. Francisville, LA 70775"
  4. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: West Feliciana Parish, LA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved March 9, 2024. - Text list. All locations in West Feliciana Parish are in the school district: the map only shows the location of St. Francisville and not the unincorporated areas.
  5. ↑ Minton, James. "W. Feliciana schools celebrate gains." The Advocate . December 7, 2012. Retrieved on March 23, 2013. "West Feliciana, as a district, moved into the ranks of A-rated districts in the second year of the state’s letter-grade labeling program and maintained its position as the third-highest performing district in the state, behind Zachary and the Orleans Parish schools that are not in the state-run Recovery School District."
  6. ↑ West Feliciana High School Handbook. West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. 15/26.
  7. ↑ West Feliciana Middle School Handbook. West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. 6.1 (34/58)
  8. ↑ Tunica Elementary School Handbook. West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. 7/15.
  9. ↑ Bains Lower Elementary School Handbook. West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. 5/6
  10. ↑ "Bains Elementary School Handbook. West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. 17/51.
  11. 1 2 3 "West Feliciana Parish School System Profile." (Archive) West Feliciana Parish School System. 3. Retrieved on February 18, 2012.
  12. 1 2 Lussier, Charles. "Officials say they try to keep cuts out of classrooms." The Advocate . Retrieved on February 18, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Complaints build over cutbacks, board says." The Advocate . August 18, 1992. Retrieved on August 16, 2010. "John Cobb and Billy Bishop asked board members to overturn a staff decision to reassign their children to Tunica Elementary located near Angola..."
  14. ↑ "Fair enlivens out-of-the-way school." The Advocate . May 18, 1991. Retrieved on August 16, 2010. "Tunica Elementary is only a few miles from the main gate of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and many of its students live on the 18000acre prison"
  15. ↑ Rivas, Brittany (May 18, 2007). "West Feliciana board closes elementary school". WBRZ. Archived from the original on June 30, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
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