Terrebonne Parish School District is a

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headquartered in Bayou Cane, an

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Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana Terrebonne Parish ( ; French: ''Paroisse de Terrebonne'') is a parish located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2010 census, the population was 111,860, and 110,461 in 2019. In 2020, its population declined to 109,58 ...

, near Houma. The district serves residents in Terrebonne Parish, including the city of Houma as well as the surrounding unincorporated areas of Bayou Cane, Bourg, Chauvin,

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, Montegut, and Schriever. Residents of select portions of

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(particularly in parts of Grand Bois and Bourg) may attend schools in the Terrebonne Parish School District. Students with certain medical problems and children of certain teachers residing in Terrebonne Parish may attend school in the

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only if superintendents of both systems approve it on a case-by-case basis.

History

The school district made academic improvement between 2015 and 2016; it received a higher score in the

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rankings, 95.1 from 90.5; both levels are classified as "B".

School uniforms

The school district requires its PK-12 students to wear school uniforms.MANDATORY SCHOOL UNIFORM POLICY
." ''Terrebonne Parish School District''.

Schools

Elementary schools

Middle schools

Caldwell Middle School
(4-6, Schriever)
Grand Caillou Middle School
(5-8, Houma)
Lacache Middle School
(5-8, Chauvin)
Montegut Middle School
(5-8, Montegut)
Oaklawn Middle School
(5-8, Houma)

Junior high schools

Evergreen Junior High School
(7-8, Houma)
Houma Junior High School
(7-8, Houma)

High schools

* Ellender Memorial High School (9-12, Houma) *

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(9-12, Gray) * South Terrebonne High School (9-12, Bourg) * Terrebonne High School (9-12, Houma)
Louis Miller Terrebonne Career and Technical High School
(9-12, Houma)

Alternative schools

*Bayou Cane Adult Education (Houma)
East Street Alternative School
(Houma)
School for Exceptional Children
(Houma)

Former schools

Schools for black people: *

Southdown High School Southdown High School was a segregated school for black people in Houma, Louisiana. It was a part of Terrebonne Parish School District It opened in 1946 as Houma Colored High School, and in 1949 it became South''t''own High School. In 1952 grad ...

(originally Houma Colored High School)

References

External links

* {{coord missing, Louisiana Houma, Louisiana School districts in Louisiana Education in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana