Ouachita Parish School Board is a

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headquartered in

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. The district serves

Ouachita Parish Ouachita Parish () is a parish located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,368. The parish seat and largest city is Monroe. The parish was formed in 1807. Ouachita Parish is par ...

except for areas within the City of Monroe; those areas are instead served by the Monroe City School System. One of the former members of the Ouachita Parish School Board was the Monroe native

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, a

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and writer. Still another former member is

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, a state representative from House District 15 in

from 1988 to 1996. Since 2015, the Board owns the

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in Monroe. In July 2022 the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Dallas Office, has begun an investigation into Ouachita Parish Schools for racial discrimination, disability discrimination, and retaliation.

Schools

PreK-K schools

Crosley Elementary School
(West Monroe)

PreK-2 schools

Calhoun Elementary School
(''Unincorporated area'')
Swartz Lower Elementary School
(''Unincorporated area'')

PreK-5 schools

PreK-6 schools

None

PreK-8 schools

Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School
(''Unincorporated area'')

K-5 schools

Highland Elementary School
(West Monroe)
George W. Welch Elementary School
(''Unincorporated area'') * Sterlington Elementary School

1-5 schools

Riverbend Elementary School
(West Monroe)

3-5 schools

Central Elementary School
(''Unincorporated area'')
Swartz Upper Elementary School
(''Unincorporated area'')

6-8 schools

Calhoun Middle School
(''Unincorporated area'')
Good Hope Middle School
(''Unincorporated area'')
Riser Middle School
(''Unincorporated area'')
West Ridge Middle School
(''Unincorporated area'')
Woodlawn Junior High School
(''Unincorporated area'')
Ouachita Junior High School
(

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)
Richwood Middle School
(''Unincorporated area)'' * Sterlington Middle School

7-8 schools

None

9-12 schools

Ouachita Parish High School Ouachita Parish High School is a public high school located an unincorporated area of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States, with a Monroe, Louisiana, Monroe postal address. The school is administered by the Ouachita Parish School Board and is ...

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(''Unincorporated area'') * Richwood High School (Louisiana), Richwood High Schoolbr>
(''Unincorporated area'') *

West Monroe High School West Monroe High School is a high school in West Monroe, Louisiana, United States. It is administered by the Ouachita Parish School Board. WMHS is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The school's mascot is The R ...

(

) * West Ouachita High Schoolbr>
(''Unincorporated area'') * Sterlington High School

Facilities

The school district formerly had its headquarters in

References

External links

Ouachita Parish School Board
{{coord missing, Louisiana Education in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana School districts in Louisiana