Merryville High School

Merryville High School
Address
7061 Highway 110 West
Merryville, Louisiana
Merryville, (Beauregard Parish), Louisiana 70653
United States
Coordinates 30°44′48″N 93°32′13″W / 30.7467°N 93.5370°W / 30.7467; -93.5370Coordinates: 30°44′48″N 93°32′13″W / 30.7467°N 93.5370°W / 30.7467; -93.5370
Information
Type Public high school
School district Beauregard Parish School Board
Principal Mrs. Baget
Enrollment 213
Color(s) Maroon and white         
Mascot Panthers
Website

Merryville High School is a K-12 school located in the town of Merryville, Louisiana. It is part of the Beauregard Parish School Board district and is one of 14 schools in Beauregard Parish. The current Principal is Mrs. Baget and the current Vice Principal is Scott Cornes. The mission statement for Merryville High School is " Creating a learning community to empower tomorrow`s leaders. Coming together, learning together, empowers success together."[1]

The graduation rate for Merryville High School is 97%, compared to the Beauregard Parish overall graduation rate of 93.9%. Of the 478 students, 48 percent are female and 52 percent are male. 16% of the students are minorities, below the state average of 54%.[2] There are 41 full time teachers currently instructing. The student to teacher ratio is 12:1 which has not changed for five years.The Louisiana average student to teacher ratio is 16:1.[3]

Extra curricular activities include band, color guard, dance, football, softball, baseball, basketball, and cheer The team mascot is a black Panther.[4] Notable students include former American Football player Chris Cagle. Cagle was an All-American football player at the United States Military Academy and spent time in the NFL as a player and coach in the 1930s and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. The football field at Merryville High School is named Keener-Cagle Stadium in his honor along with Christian Keener, a former Methodist church bishop for whom Cagle also got part of his namesake. The students of the athletic 8th grade which 95% of the teachers agree is the worst class ever are around 22 different students. There is Haylee Isbell which most say is the "popular" one but some disagree saying popularity doesn't matter. The list of other students include Geramy Runnels , Aisia Spikes , Alyssa Isbell , Layla Smith , Levi Neely , Jonah Powers , Kaleb Lewis , Katherine Lewis , Andrew Mathews , Candace Clare , Jayce Corbett , Fredrick Wisby , Summer Victor , Dakota Thompson , Jayden Walker , Brandon Mires , Donovan Hadnott , Timothy Leaves , Remington Coody , Jerry Thompson , and Kaden Treme.

References

  1. ↑ [beaumhs.sharpschool.net/mission/ "Mission Statement"] Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  2. ↑ "Merryville High School". Public School Review. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  3. ↑ "Merryville High School". US News. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  4. ↑ "Merryville High School Home Page". beaumhs.sharpschool.net/m/. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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