Editing Lockport, Louisiana (section)

==Education==
[[Lafourche Parish Public Schools]] is the school district of the whole parish.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22057_lafourche/DC20SD_C22057.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731234035/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22057_lafourche/DC20SD_C22057.pdf |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lafourche Parish, LA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 31, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22057_lafourche/DC20SD_C22057_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> It operates public schools, including:
* Lockport Lower Elementary School (K-2)<ref>[http://lkles.lpsd.k12.la.us/ Home]. Lockport Lower Elementary School. Retrieved on November 27, 2016. "1421 Crescent Avenue Lockport, LA 70374"</ref>
* Lockport Upper Elementary School (3-5)<ref>[http://lkues.lpsd.k12.la.us/ Home]. Lockport Upper Elementary School. Retrieved on November 27, 2016. "201 School Street Lockport, LA 70374"</ref>
* Lockport Middle School<ref>[http://lkms.mylpsd.com/ Home]. Lockport Middle School. Retrieved on November 27, 2016. "720 Main Street Lockport, LA 70374"</ref>

Lockport is served by [[Central Lafourche High School]] in [[Mathews, Louisiana|Mathews]],<ref>"[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st22_la/place/p2244900_lockport/DC10BLK_P2244900_001.pdf 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Lockport town, LA]." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on November 29, 2016.</ref><ref>"[http://lafourche.k12.la.us/docs/Policy%20Manual/AC%20School%20Attendance%20Boundaries.doc SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202150352/http://lafourche.k12.la.us/docs/Policy%20Manual/AC%20School%20Attendance%20Boundaries.doc |date=2016-12-02 }}." [[Lafourche Parish Public Schools]]. Retrieved on December 2, 2016. Based on the text description of the school boundaries</ref> formed by a 1966 merger of Lockport High School and [[Raceland, Louisiana|Raceland]] High School.<ref>Theriot, Clifton. ''Lafourche Parish''. [[Arcadia Publishing]], December 1, 2014. {{ISBN|1439648662}}, 9781439648667. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1KtpBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA71 71].</ref>

Holy Savior Catholic School opened in 1879, established by an order of nuns.<ref name=Lockporthist>"[http://townoflockport.com/?page_id=20 History]." Town of Lockport. Retrieved on November 29, 2016.</ref>

A [[one-room schoolhouse]] established in 1849 at Scanian’s Cooperage was the first school in Lockport.<ref name=Lockporthist/>

The [[501(C)(3)]] Camille and Braxton Hebert Memorial Fund Inc. was used to establish recreational areas/playgrounds at both elementary schools. The fund was named after the brother and sister Camille and Braxton Hebert,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081010085817/http://www.hebertmemorial.com/ Home]. Camille and Braxton Hebert  Memorial Fund Inc. October 10, 2008. Retrieved on November 27, 2016.</ref> who were murdered by their mother, [[Amy Hebert]], on August 20, 2007. The playground at Lockport Lower has the text "Braxton's Buddies".<ref>{{cite web|author=Ruffin, Sophia|url=http://www.houmatimes.com/news/mom-sentenced-to-life-terms/article_ed2adc5f-250e-5744-aeaf-7c9cb9a8480b.html|title=Mom sentenced to 2 life terms|publisher=[[Houma Times]]|date=June 24, 2009|access-date=November 27, 2016}}</ref> Camille's Court, at Lockport Upper, was scheduled to be a basketball court decorated with a plaque and flowerbed.<ref>{{cite news|author=Thurston, Dee Dee|url=http://www.houmatoday.com/article/DA/20070912/News/608095736/HC/|title=Memorials to be built for slain children|newspaper=[[Houma Today]]|date=September 12, 2007|access-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref>

Lafourche Parish Library operates the Lockport Branch.<ref>"[http://lpplyastuff.wixsite.com/lafourchelibrary/locations--contact Branch Locations and Contact]." Lafourche Parish Library. Retrieved on November 28, 2018.</ref>

[[Fletcher Technical Community College]] has Lafourche Parish in the college's service area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lctcs.edu/our-colleges|title=Our Colleges|publisher=[[Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges]]|accessdate=June 3, 2021}}</ref> The college maintains a facility in Lockport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fletcher.edu/about-us/contact-us|title=Contact Us|publisher=[[Fletcher Technical Community College]]|access-date=March 9, 2024|quote=6419 LA-308, Lockport, LA 70374}}</ref> Additionally, a [[Delgado Community College]] document stated that Lafourche Parish was in the college's service area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dcc.edu/documents/fact-sheet.pdf|title=The Economic Value of Delgado Community College|publisher=[[Delgado Community College]]|access-date=March 9, 2024|quote=For the purposes of this analysis, the Delgado Service Area is {{sic|comprised|hide=y| of}} [...]Lafourche,[...]}}</ref>