LaGrange High School

The land came in two gifts. Mesard LaGrange gave an acre for a one-room school in 1903 and, a decade or so later, nine more acres. The school itself did not vanish with the old Ryan Street campus. Wikipedia dates LaGrange High to 1903 and places it today at 3420 Louisiana Avenue, home of the Gators in purple and white. Its alumni include Randy Roach, mayor of Lake Charles from 2000 to 2017, and the NFL players Don Breaux and Marcus Anderson. The football program was recognized by the state athletic association in 1938.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Imperial Calcasieu Museum — 1.5 mi
  Lake Charles's history museum, founded by the Junior League in 1963, with parish artifacts, Claire Chennault's uniform and the Sallier Oak.
• Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu — 2.7 mi
  A 6,000-square-foot museum of southwest Louisiana Carnival with about 275 costume mannequins and 14 animated figures, opened in April 2026.
• Sam Houston Jones State Park — 7.8 mi
  A 1,087-acre park on the West Fork of the Calcasieu with longleaf pine, cypress-tupelo swamp, five trails, cabins and kayak rentals.
• Creole Nature Trail Adventure Point — 9.5 mi
  A free visitor center at the western gateway of Louisiana's only All-American Road, with exhibits on alligators, migrating songbirds and the estuary.

More markers nearby

• Jean Laffite — 1.3 mi
• Lake Charles High School Kilties — 1.9 mi
• Louisiana Baptist Orphanage — 2.0 mi
• Barbe Pier — 2.1 mi