Minden High School serves 9th to 12th grade students in

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. The school in

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was preceded by Minden Academy. It is part of the Minden School District. According to U.S. News the school's student body was approximately 55 percent African American and 42 percent white in 2020.

History

S. R. Emmons was principal in 1938. The

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has a photo of the school from the early 20th century. At one point in school history, the football team wore green and white and were known as the Greenbacks. Students who graduated from 1962 to 1966 were part of a study. Webster High School which served African American students was consolidated into it. Harlem Globetrotter

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graduated from Webster High.

Athletics

Minden High athletics competes in the LHSAA. The school's teams compete as the Crimson Tide and crimson and white are the school colors.

Championships

Football championships *(5) State championships: 1938, 1954, 1956, 1963, 1980 The school has won five football state championships and also baseball state championships.

Alumni

Artists

* Barbara Colley, novelist

Politicians and judges

* Jerry Huckaby, state legislator * Robert Floyd Kennon, Louisiana Supreme Court justice and governor of Louisiana * R. Harmon Drew Sr., state legislator * R. Harmon Drew Jr., judge * J. D. Batton, sheriff * Hayden Haynes, Chief of Staff to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson

Football players

* Larry Clinton Brewer, Louisiana Tech wide receiver; a back injury derailed his pro career. * Ken Beck * Pat Coffee * Sammy Odom * Charley Hennigan * Clyde Williams (Webster High School) * David Lee, punter for former Baltimore Colts from 1967 to 1971 * James Britt * Darryl Moore *

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* Stepfret Williams * Kenyon Cotton

Other athletes

, Webster High School * Jackie Moreland (1938 - 1971), basketball

References

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