Ford, began holding school in a log-cabin near the Smyrna community, approximately 5 miles northwest of Sugartown.

In that year, a six-room, two-story schoolhouse was built out of virgin, longleaf pine and painted white.

[4] East Beauregard High School opened in September 1962 with an enrollment of 446 students in grades 1–12.

Investigators with the Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office suspected that lightning from thunderstorms in the area at the time of the fire potentially caused the blaze.

[7] The East Beauregard Trojans currently compete in District 5-1A of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association.