{{Short description|Public school in Castor, Louisiana}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Castor High School | image = Castor High School, Castor, LA IMG 0055.JPG | location = 140 Front Street,<br /> Castor, Louisiana, U.S. | locale = Rural<ref name="NCES" /> | district = Bienville Parish School Board | us_nces_district_id = 2200210 | us_nces_school_id = 220021000092 | grades = pre-K to 12th | enrollment = 1,948 (2023)<ref name="NCES" /> | ratio = 9.57 (2023)<ref name="NCES" /> | colors = Green and gold<ref name=colors>{{Cite web|title=Castor High School|url=https://www.lhsaa.org/siteuploads/editorimg/file/Administration/25-26/LHSAA%20Coaches%20Directory%20-%202025%20-%202026.pdf|access-date=December 10, 2025|website=LHSAA.org|language=en-US}}</ref> {{color box|darkgreen}} {{color box|gold}} | mascot = Tigers<ref name=colors/> | website = {{URL|https://www.bpsb.us/o/chs}} }}
'''Castor High School''' ('''CHS''') is an American public school for grades pre-K to 12th, located on 140 Front Street in Castor, Louisiana.<ref name="NCES">{{Cite web |date=2022–2023 |title=Castor High School |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=71016&Miles=20&ID=220021000092 |website=National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) |publisher=Institute of Education Sciences}}</ref><ref name="U.S. News-2025" /> It is part of the Bienville Parish School Board.
== History == alt=Castor High School (circa 1910–1920)|thumb|Old Castor High School (circa 1910–1920)|left|200x200px In the 1910s, the McMichael's Company built the first Castor High School building in Castor, Louisiana.<ref name="Dison-2014" /> W.M. Caskey was the founding principal.<ref name="Dison-2014" /> In January 1923, the school's two buildings burned down, and were rebuilt starting in July of the same year.<ref name="Dison-2014">{{Cite book |last=Dison |first=Benjamin Brad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z_NkAwAAQBAJ&dq=%C2%A0%22Castor+High+School%22&pg=PA47 |title=Bienville Parish |date=August 2, 2014 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4671-1191-1 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
The Giddens twins were multi-sport athletes at the school, and state champions in a relay track event in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Jimmy |date=2019 |title=La. Tech's Simon, ULM's Giddens, Christian ready to rumble vs. USA Olympic team |url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/sports/columnists/jimmy-watson/2019/12/07/la-techs-simon-ulms-giddens-christian-ready-vs-usa-olympic-team/4364813002/ |website=The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana)}}</ref> In 2019, Gayle Benson who owns the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans teams, donated money to the school for repairs and remodel.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 8, 2019 |title=Saints, Pelicans owner Gayle Benson donates money to Castor High for school renovations |url=https://www.klfy.com/louisiana/saints-pelicans-owner-gayle-benson-donates-money-to-castor-high-for-school-renovations/ |website=KLFY-TV}}</ref> In 2019, the school experienced a false bomb threat.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cummings |first=Sharon |date=April 18, 2019 |title=Castor High School on lockdown for second time in a week |url=https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/local-news/castor-high-school-on-lockdown-for-second-time-in-a-week/ |website=My ArkLaMiss News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sayles |first=Matt |date=2019-04-18 |title=Fake Bomb threat shuts down Castor High School |url=https://www.ktbs.com/news/fake-bomb-threat-shuts-down-castor-high-school/article_9c3b1262-61f3-11e9-ab42-67dda304ea34.html |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=KTBS-TV |language=en}}</ref>
In 2023, it had an enrollment of 1,971 students, 89.5% of whom were white.<ref name="U.S. News-2025">{{Cite web |date=2022–2023 |title=Castor High School |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/louisiana/castor-high-school-8522 |website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref>
==Alumni== *Lee Smith (born 1957), baseball pitcher in the Hall of Fame<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=July 20, 2019 |title=Castor's Lee Smith heads to Cooperstown |url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/sports/mlb/2019/07/20/castors-lee-smith-heads-cooperstown/1787302001/ |website=The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lee Smith |url=https://lasportshall.com/?inductees=lee-smith |website=Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Booher |first=Kary |date=December 12, 2017 |title=Hall of Fame announces Enshrinement Ceremonies for January 2018 |url=https://mosportshalloffame.com/7749-2/ |website=Missouri Sports Hall of Fame}}</ref>
==See also== *List of high schools in Louisiana
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