It is the only school located in District 3, which covers a broad swath of southwest Vernon Parish[2] Though now the only school in southwest Vernon Parish, in the late 19th century there were three schools in the area, Sandspur School (named for the sharp burrs of the southern sandspur grasses which would poke barefoot students as they walked to class), Red Banks School (named for its location near Red Banks Creek), and the Lone Oak and Jane School (whose name origin is unknown).

[3] The three disparate schools were consolidated into one, named the Echo School, and a two-room schoolhouse was built on land donated by Charles Simmons, W.N.

"Bob" Evans, a descendant of the Ohio pioneers of the area, gave land to the Vernon Parish School board to build the modern-day Evans High School at its location at the intersection of Highway 111 and Yvonne Bonner Road.

[3] The few Black students in District 3 had to attend Vernon Parish Training School, later known as Vernon High School, in Leesville.

Students there used second-hand textbooks, some with torn pages and missing chapters, and musical instruments from the all-white Leesville High School.