Marksville High School


Marksville High School is a high school located in the city of Marksville, Louisiana. It is a 7th through 12th grade school with 915 students enrolled.
The school dates to 1856, when it was established through the work of superintendent Pierre-Adolphe Lafargue, a native of the Pyrenees Mountains region of France. Lafargue was also a mayor of Marksville. Two of Lafargue's sons, Adolphe Jolna Lafarge and Arnaud D. Lafargue, both served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and were leading figures in their native Marksville.

Academic performance

The school had a 47.7% graduation rate in 2008–09, with a 59.5% drop out rate the previous school year. School Performance Scores are given each year by the Louisiana Department of Education. The 2010-11 School Performance Score was 45.5, a significant decrease from 2009-2010 which had a SPS score of 73.5. The SPS from 06–07 & 07–08 was 73.5, but declined to 70.1 in 08-09 academic year. Therefore, the school has remained stagnant in growth and performance from 06-10, but the 2010-11 SPS scores mark a decline in growth and performance. Louisiana's goal is for every school to have a SPS of 120 by 2014.

Administration

Marksville High School is run by the Avoyelles Parish School Board. The principal position is currently vacant, and the assistant principals are Eric Dauzat, Cindy Schaub, and Joel Desselle.

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