Tara High School
| Tara High School | |
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| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 30°26′05″N 91°05′19″W / 30.434697°N 91.088521°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Free public |
| Motto | Come prepared and Ready to learn |
| Established | 1970 |
| School district | East Baton Rouge Parish |
| Principal | John D. Hayman |
| Teaching staff | 55.92 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 1,002 (2023-2024)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17.92[1] |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Cardinal and Gold |
| Mascot | Trojan Warrior |
| Nickname | Trojans |
| Rival | Broadmoor Buccaneers |
| Yearbook | Chariot |
| Budget | school fee (all students)-$35 (Seniors- $110)(Juniors- $150) |
| Website | http://schools.ebrschools.org/tarahigh/ |
Tara High School is one of several high schools in the East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools District in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is located in the Tara Neighborhood of Baton Rouge. Tara High School is located at 9002 Whitehall Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70806. The school opened during the 1970–71 school year.
Communities served
[edit]Tara serves portions of Baton Rouge, as well as all or portions of several census-designated places (CDP):[2] all of Westminster,[3] most of Inniswold,[4] most of Oak Hills Place,[5] half of Gardere,[6] and a small section of Shenandoah.[7]
Athletics
[edit]Tara High athletics competes in the LHSAA.
Tara High School fields several individual and team sports including American football, track and field, basketball, volleyball, wrestling, baseball, softball, and soccer. The mascot is the Trojan and the colors are cardinal and gold, very similar to the University of Southern California.
Championships
[edit]Football Championships
- (1) State Championship: 1974
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Tara High School
- ^ "High-School-Boundary-Descriptions-15-16.pdf." East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on January 6, 2017. Tara is on p. 9/10.
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Westminster CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on January 6, 2017.
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Inniswold CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on January 6, 2017.
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Oak Hills Place CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on January 6, 2017.
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Gardere CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on January 7, 2017.
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Shenandoah CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on January 7, 2017.
External links
[edit]- Tara High School
- Tara High School at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
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