Starks High School

Brief History

• The school says Starks High opened in 1913, having earlier been known as Lunita School.^[2]
• Today it is Starks Public School, a K-12 campus in Calcasieu Parish Public Schools with about 312 students (2023-24).^[1]
• The Panthers compete in the LHSAA.^[1]

Location

Starks Public School campus
137 Highway 109, Starks, LA 70661^[1]

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Fun Facts

• Starks is known for its annual Mayhaw Festival, celebrating the tart fruit that grows in the bayous along the Texas-Louisiana line.^[3]
• Starks sits about 5 miles from the Texas border and roughly 30 miles northwest of Lake Charles.^[3]
• The 2020 census counted 659 people in Starks.^[3]

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T-Rohn’s Comedian Corner

Starks is so small, the Mayhaw Festival parade passes your house twice and still waves both times.

In Starks, mayhaw jelly is a food group. Everything else is just a reason to get more biscuits.

Starks is five miles from Texas, close enough that Texans come over for the mayhaw and leave with better manners.

Profile Sources

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starks_High_School
2. https://starks.cpsb.org/about-us/history
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starks,_Louisiana