Beauregard Parish Training School, Educational landmark in DeRidder, Louisiana.

Beauregard Parish Training School consists of twin one-story buildings on the original property at Martin Luther King Drive and Alexandria Street in DeRidder. Built in 1929 of hollow tile with stuccoed walls, each held five classrooms under a low roof broken by a pediment-like gable, end gablets and three tall chimneys. The central entrance sits in a bay projecting about four inches, behind a door-less vestibule with a bracketed cornice.

The parish training school movement began in 1911; Beauregard Parish met its requirements when the Longbell Lumber Company deeded land to the School Board on February 6, 1917. The school opened in 1920 with a two-story high school building and a smaller elementary structure, and by 1919–1920 it was one of 107 training schools in the South. A 1929 fire destroyed both original buildings; P. Olivier & Son rebuilt them as twin one-story hollow-tile structures for $20,300. The school operated until 1970.

This institution served the African American community by training teachers and educating young students in southwestern Louisiana. The school operated as a learning center where the local Black community sent their children to develop skills and knowledge.

The site is accessible from Martin Luther King Drive and Alexander Street in DeRidder. Visitors should know the buildings are currently occupied by the BeauCARE Head Start program, so access for touring may be limited depending on program activities.

This structure was the first African American-related property in southwestern Louisiana to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This recognition marked an important acknowledgment of the site's role in local Black history and education.