 Once Ellender Memorial High School was expanded from a junior high school to become the parish's fourth high school, freshmen were then added to South Terrebonne.Today, the school houses over 1,000 students in grades 9-12, with 8th graders added in special education or advanced gifted classes.In 1968 Southdown High School (originally Houma Colored High School), which educated black students in Terrebonne Parish, closed.