Arcadia High School is a public 6-12 school in

Arcadia, Louisiana Arcadia is a town in, and the parish seat of, Bienville Parish in northern Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,919 at the 2010 census. Arcadia has the highest elevation of any incorporated municipality in Louisiana. Arcadia's name com ...

, United States. It is a part of

Bienville Parish School Board Bienville Parish School Board (BPSB) is a school district headquartered in Arcadia, Louisiana, United States. The district serves Bienville Parish. In 2012 the superintendent replaced the principals of five of the district's eight schools aft ...

. As of the 2015–2016 school year, the school had 296 students, with 95% of them being classified as low income.

History

Professor John H. Davidson became the principal on July 28, 1903. He originated from

Junction City, Louisiana Junction City is a village in Claiborne and Union parishes in Louisiana, United States, and is the twin city of neighboring Junction City, Arkansas. The population was 437 in 2020. The Union Parish portion of Junction City is part of the Monro ...

. On September 3, 1907, the school had 300 students. In 1922, the voters of Arcadia passed a $100,000 bond to build another school building on a 76%-22% basis. The school auditorium and gymnasium building was destroyed by a fire in October 1973; the junior high school building was salvaged by firefighters and the senior high school did not get damaged. The athletic trophies dating from 1947 were destroyed. A bond for establishing a new school complex for Arcadia High was scheduled for January 15, 1974. The bond passed, and the school district announced it would spend $2 million for that building; the money came from revenue bonds funded by sales taxes and from a $160,000 insurance settlement on the previous building.

Athletics

Arcadia High athletics competes in the LHSAA.

Championships

Football championships *(2) State Championships: 1940, 1965

Notable people

Rush Wimberly Joseph Rush Wimberly, I (December 30, 1873 – March 11, 1943), was at the turn of the 20th century successively a member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from Arcadia, the seat of Bienville Parish in North Louisiana. He serv ...

- Louisiana state legislature

References

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* * Public high schools in Louisiana Public middle schools in Louisiana Schools in Bienville Parish, Louisiana Educational institutions in the United States with year of establishment missing {{Louisiana-school-stub