Big Bend, Louisiana

Big Bend is an unincorporated community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Etymology

Big Bend was named from its location on a meander of the Bayou Des Glaises.

Education

Local public schools are managed by the Avoyelles Parish School Board.

According to Zoning in Avoyelles, youth in Big Bend are zoned to attend:

• Riverside Elementary School, Simmesport
• Avoyelles High School, Moreauville

Schools without zoning:

• Avoyelles Public Charter School, Mansura
• Nazarene Christian Academy, Marksville
• Sacred Heart School, Moreauville
• St. Anthony of Padua School, Bunkie
• St. Joseph School, Plaucheville
• St. Mary's School, Cottonport

Magnet Schools:

• Bunkie Magnet High School, Bunkie
• LASAS (Louisiana School for the Agricultural Sciences), Bunkie

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