Terrebonne Parish School District
Terrebonne Parish School District is a school district headquartered in Bayou Cane, an unincorporated area in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, 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, Gibson, Gray, Montegut, and Schriever.
Residents of select portions of Lafourche Parish 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 Lafourche Parish Public Schools 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 Louisiana Department of Education 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.Schools
Elementary schools
*Middle schools
*Junior high schools
*High schools
- Ellender Memorial High School
- H. L. Bourgeois High School
- South Terrebonne High School
- Terrebonne High School
Alternative schools
- Bayou Cane Adult Education
Former schools
- *In 2021, the enrollment was around 100. Most of the students were Cajun and Native American, and these students came from French-speaking households. The board of trustees agreed to close the school in 2021. Six board members voted to close the school while three voted against it. Area parents held protests as the board held its closure vote, then sued the district in federal court to attempt to stop the closure. Students were re-assigned to Montegut Elementary School. The Pointe-aux-Chenes school closed, and Hurricane Ida caused damage to the facility. The lawsuit prompted members of the Louisiana Legislature to consider authorizing a French immersion school. École Pointe-au-Chien. The Louisiana House of Representatives approved that proposal, as did John Bel Edwards, then Governor of Louisiana. The new charter school opened in 2023. It had plans to relocate to the former Pointe-Aux-Chenes building. The plans were realized after the district sold the school building for one dollar to the Pointe-au-Chien Tribe.