Marksville High School

Marksville High School is a high school located in the city of Marksville, Louisiana, United States. 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.

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 (SPS) are given each year by the Louisiana Department of Education. The 2010-11 School Performance Score (SPS) 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.

Clubs and organizations

 * 4-H
 * Beta Club
 * FBLA
 * FCS
 * FFA
 * Jr. Beta Club
 * La Gear Up/Explorer's Club
 * Publications/Yearbook Staff
 * Student Council
 * Twirlers
 * Falling Band

Athletics
Marksville High athletics competes in the LHSAA.


 * Baseball - Varsity
 * Basketball - Girls' Varsity
 * Basketball - Boys' Varsity
 * Cheerleading
 * Cheerleading - JH
 * Cheerleading - JV
 * Danceline
 * Danceline-JV
 * Football (JV only)
 * Softball - Varsity
 * Track and field
 * Marching band
 * Tennis

Notable people

 * D'Anthony Batiste - NFL and CFL football player
 * Edwin Edwards - four-term Louisiana governor
 * Elaine Edwards - Louisiana senator
 * Isaiah Greenhouse - NFL football player
 * Raymond Laborde - five-term Louisiana representative
 * Chad Lavalais - NFL football player
 * Tommy Neck - NFL football player
 * John H. Overton - US senator