Neville High School
| Neville High School (Tigers) | |
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Geaux Tigers!
Go Tigers!
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600 Forsythe Av. Monroe,  Louisiana, (Ouachita Parish) 71201 United States
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| Coordinates | 32°32′12″N 92°5′20″W / 32.53667°N 92.08889°WCoordinates: 32°32′12″N 92°5′20″W / 32.53667°N 92.08889°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1931 |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Opened | 1931 |
| School board | Monroe City School Board |
| School district | Monroe City Schools |
| Dean | Roosevelt Rankins |
| Principal | Whitney Martin |
| Staff | 49 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Age range | 14-18 |
| Enrollment | 845 (2013) |
| • Grade 9 | 272 |
| • Grade 10 | 228 |
| • Grade 11 | 159 |
| • Grade 12 | 186 |
| Average class size | 20 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.1 |
| Language | English |
| Hours in school day | 8 |
| Classrooms | 400-500 |
| Campus | Mid-Town/Garden District |
| Campus size | 2 to 3 blocks |
| Campus type | Small |
| Color(s) | Black and Gold |
| Fight song | Tiger Rag; Alma mater: "O' Neville High" |
| Athletics | Football, Baseball, Softball, Basketball, Soccer, Swimming, Golf, Tennis, Track & Field, Cross Country |
| Athletics conference | LHSAA District 2-4A |
| Mascot | Tigers |
| Team name | Neville Tigers |
| Rival | West Monroe High School, Ruston High School, Ouachita Parish High School, Wossman High School |
| Publication | Tiger Talk, Neville Matters |
| Newspaper | The Neville Tradition |
| Yearbook | The Monroyan |
| Website | neville |
Neville High School is a high school in Monroe, Louisiana, United States. It is administered by the Monroe City Schools Board. It is located 1/2 mile from the Ouachita River. Its mascot is the Tiger.
Neville offers a wide variety of academics, on and off campus. Neville has a Technology department, English department, Foreign Language department, Health department, Journalism department, Math department, Naval Science department, Science department, Social Studies department, and Special Service department.
The Neville High School Business Department is dedicated to developing and improving workplace skills for students. By doing so, this will enable them to meet the demands of the workplace, make viable career choices, and become information-literate in order to communicate effectively, make decisions, and solve problems in today's fast-paced economy. In conjunction with Louisiana Technical College, our department offers dual enrollment college credit in the following areas: Financial Math and Keyboarding, as well as opportunities to receive industry-based certifications in CIW and IC3.
Neville was the 2014 Louisiana 4-A State Football champions.
Coach Jimmy Childress (1932-2015) was a football coach at Neville from 1958 to 1973 and helped deliver four state championships for the Tigers. From 1979 to 1991, he led his alma mater, Ruston High School, to a 131-27 (.829) record and four state championships in 1982, 1986, 1988, and 1990. As a player, he was on the 1947 state championship Ruston High School team. He was the coach at Carroll High School in Monroe in 1973 and at the private Cedar Creek School in Ruston from 1976 to 1978. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, then known as Northeast Louisiana State College; he was on the ULM coaching staff from 1974 to 1976. He obtained his graduate training at Louisiana Tech University. In 2001, he was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
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