Scotlandville Magnet High School

Scotlandville Magnet High School
Location
9870 Scotland Ave. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70807 USA
Coordinates	30°32′01″N 91°10′39″W / 30.5336°N 91.1776°WCoordinates: 30°32′01″N 91°10′39″W / 30.5336°N 91.1776°W
Information
Type	Free public
School district	East Baton Rouge Parish
Principal	Howard Davis
Grades	9 - 12
Enrollment	1,450+
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Gold and Black
Athletics conference	District 4-5A (LHSAA)
Mascot	Hornets
Website	Scotlandville Magnet High

Scotlandville Magnet High School (SMHS) is a public high school located on Louisiana Highway 19 (Scotland Avenue) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, just northeast of the Southern University campus. Scotlandville is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools.

Scotlandville is a magnet school and comprehensive campus. All magnet and engineering program honors students are housed in a different building from the community and Center of Excellence students. Its rival school is Mckinley High School.

During a period from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s, Scotlandville was a magnet only school that required a 2.5 GPA to stay in the school. It also housed the High School for the Engineering Professions, which required a 3.0 to stay in the program. Both of these requirements, and these programs, were cut in the late 1990s. During this period of time, there were no major athletics at the school (football, baseball and basketball), as the main focus was academic. When this change occurred, the school lost the majority of the staff and leadership of the school.

After a nearly 10-year absence of the program, the school's varsity football team was re-instituted in the 2001-2002 school year. Scotlandville High competes in the highest athletic classification in the state which is 5A for all sports.

Boys Basketball

Scotlandville's boys basketball program has become one of the premier programs in the nation. In March 2015, the varsity team captured its third state championship in four years.^[1] The basketball program under the direction of Carlos Samples has produced several highly decorated and recruited players.

Marching band

Scotlandville's marching band is one of the largest student organization on campus. The band's marching style resembles that of Southern University's Human Jukebox, which is common for predominately black high schools in South Louisiana. The band's dance squad is known as the "High Steppers."

School uniforms

Scotlandville requires its students to wear school uniforms.^[2] The school's mascot has returned to the Hornets after being the Eagles for many years

Feeder patterns

The following elementary schools feed into Scotlandville:^[3]

• Crestworth
• Progress
• Ryan
• Banks (partial)
• Brownfields (partial)
• Scotlandville (partial)
• White Hills (partial)

The following middle schools feed into Scotlandville:

• Crestworth
• Scotlandville

References

1. "Scotlandville’s Ja’Vonte Smart, Walker’s Jamie Gibson lead Class 5A All-State team | Preps | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, Louisiana". Theadvocate.com. 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
2. https://web.archive.org/20070904034801/http://www.ebrschools.org:80/explore.cfm/districtinformation/uniformpolicy/. Archived from the original on September 4, 2007. Retrieved September 8, 2007. Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/20110726012817/http://www.ebrschools.org/eduWEB1/1000437/docs/att_feeder_patterns_07_08.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2007. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Scotlandville Magnet High