under the St. Bernard Unified School banner in its sports. By the springtime, the main building on Judge Perez had been repaired. With FEMA funding, Chalmette High School was rebuilt after the storm. As St. Bernard Parish started to repopulate, Chalmette High School joined LHSAA class 5A for the first time in its history for the 2007 football season, and rejoined the Catholic League. The freshman academy is now located across Judge Perez at the former Lacoste Elementary. Motorola provided $50,000 to rebuild technology infrastructure in 2008, before the scheduled new campus was to open in 2009. In 2009, U.S. News magazine released its rankings of the best high schools in America, based on test scores and other factors. Chalmette earned a bronze medal as one of 39 schools in Louisiana to make the list. Chalmette High received an "A" rating in 2020-2021 from the state of Louisiana. Athletic facilities have been renovated. In 2015, a new school library and administrative offices were completed. Demographics By 2019, the numbers of minorities had increased as a result of post-Hurricane Katrina population shifts. Audra Burch of The New York Times wrote, "The rebuilding brought more diversity, and today, of the 1,972 students at Chalmette High, about 52 percent are students of color. Minorities continued to represent 52.7% of the student population in the 2021-2022 school Year. Athletics Chalmette High athletics competes in Class 5A of the LHSAA. Athletics history The school has never won a state championship in school history. The Owls have bounced between districts in their history, with their longest stay in one district being from 1970–1989, in the famed New Orleans Catholic League Chalmette left the Catholic League in 1989, then returned from 2007-11. Due to the closure of St. Bernard and Andrew Jackson High Schools and the re-locations of Archbishop Hannan and Holy Cross, Chalmette became the only High School in St. Bernard Parish, thus moving the school to class 5A, the highest classification of the LHSAA, for the first time in 2007. In 2013, the Owls joined district 8-5A consisting of mostly Jefferson Parish Public Schools. Notable alumni Walter Boasso, former state senator Mitchell Robinson, NBA player Norris Weese, NFL player Film location The Chalmette High School gymnasium was a setting for the 2006 film, Glory Road. See also St. Bernard Parish Public Schools References External links St. Bernard Parish Public Schools Home Page U.S. News Best