Kentwood High Magnet School

Address

603 Ninth Street

Kentwood

(Tangipahoa Parish)

Louisiana

70444

United States

Coordinates| 30°56′15″N 90°30′54″W﻿ / ﻿30.9374°N 90.5149°W﻿ / 30.9374; -90.5149
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Type| Public high school
School district| Tangipahoa Parish School Board
Principal| Sharess Baptiste
Staff| 27.35 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment| 328[1] (2022-23)
Student to teacher ratio| 11.99[1]
Color(s)| Blue, orange and white

Mascot| Kangaroo
Nickname| Kangaroos
Website| [1]

High school in Louisiana, United States

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Kentwood High Magnet School is a senior high school in Kentwood, Louisiana, United States. It is a part of the Tangipahoa Parish School Board.

## History

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In 1889, the first school building in Kentwood opened. In 1896 the Kentwood Collegiate Institution was established, and its first graduating class was in 1906. After Kentwood Collegiate opened it gained a two-story building adjacent to the original one. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accredited the school in 1923. A high school building opened in 1931 was destroyed by a fire in 1938, and replaced by the current high school building in 1940.[2]

A gymnasium was opened in 1942, and a stadium was added in 1950. Kentwood High consolidated with W. Dillon High School in 1969, adding grades 1 though 3 and 9 through 12. In 1971, elementary grades were removed, leaving only grades 7 through 12. The current high school building was renovated in 1979 and the American football building was renovated in 1984. In 1995, a vocational building opened. In 2011, the school was renamed after becoming a magnet fine and performing arts school.[2]

## Athletics

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Kentwood High athletics competes in the LHSAA.

### Championships

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Football championships

* (9) State Championships: 1928, 1939, 1969, 1983, 1986, 1997, 1998, 2015, 2018

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Kentwood High Magnet School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
2. ^ a b "History." Kentwood High Magnet School. Retrieved on December 4, 2016.

## External links

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* Official website

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Education in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

Tangipahoa Parish School Board

High schools|

* Amite High Magnet School
* Hammond High Magnet School
* Independence High Magnet School
* Loranger High School
* Ponchatoula High School

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* Kentwood High Magnet School
* Jewel M. Sumner High School

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* Saint Thomas Aquinas Regional Catholic High School

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* Southeastern Louisiana University
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