DENHAM SPRINGS — Did you know that Denham Springs High School is the largest high school in the state?

According to the Louisiana Department of Education, there are 2,374 students registered this year.

The school's principal, Wesley Howard, has been in charge for seven years. He says they've been expanding to keep up with the growing student population, and the school has expanded.

"Athletics, academics, we have a STEM center down the road on Range Avenue. We've had new programs in place, new opportunities for kids," Howard said.

The newest thing academically is the renovated classrooms for the nursing program.

"We were able to take three classrooms that we had on campus and we were able to renovate them into two classes and increase the size of those individual classrooms by half," H

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