BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) officials released performance scores for districts and schools Wednesday morning.

The department reported school performance scores statewide were the same as before the COVID-19 pandemic at 77.1. Officials said 62.8% of Louisiana schools improved compared to 2021.

“Returning our statewide performance score to its pre-pandemic level is reason to be thankful, but we have a long way to go for Louisiana’s children,” said Louisiana State Superintendent Cade Brumley. “We must continue to act with urgency to provide even better outcomes moving forward – that’s the challenge we must meet.”

School districts earning an “A” for student growth:

• Ascension Parish
• Bienville Parish
• Bossier Parish
• Cameron Parish
• Central Community School District
• DeSoto Parish
• East Feliciana Parish
• Lafayette Parish
• Lincoln Parish
• Livingston Parish
• Natchitoches Parish
• Plaquemines Parish
• Rapides Parish
• Vermilion Parish
• Vernon Parish
• Washington Parish
• West Baton Rouge Parish
• West Carroll Parish
• West Feliciana Parish
• Zachary Community School District

Brumley said these school districts showed growth in student learning.

Top ten Louisiana schools for most student growth:

• Belle Rose Primary School in Assumption Parish
• John F. Kennedy High School in Orleans Parish
• Amite Elementary Magnet School in Tangipahoa Parish
• Rooted School in Orleans Parish
• Meadowview Elementary School in Bossier Parish
• Eighty-First Street ECE Center in Caddo Parish
• Winnsboro Elementary School in Franklin Parish
• Judge Lionel R. Collins Elementary in Jefferson Parish
• Gibsland-Coleman High School in Bienville Parish
• Central Elementary School in Webster Parish

Top ten schools with highest overall performance scores:

• Haynes Academy in Jefferson Parish
• Patrick F. Taylor Academy in Jefferson Parish
• Benjamin Franklin High School in Orleans Parish
• Early College Academy in Lafayette Parish
• Louisiana School for Math Science & the Arts
• Caddo Parish Magnet High School in Caddo Parish
• Baton Rouge Magnet High School in East Baton Rouge Parish
• Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies in Jefferson Parish
• Thomas Jefferson Academy in Jefferson Parish
• Lusher Charter School in Orleans Parish

School systems awarded letter “A” grade in Louisiana:

• Zachary Community School District
• West Feliciana Parish
• Cameron Parish
• Ascension Parish
• Central Community School District
• DeSoto Parish
• Vernon Parish

A handful of school systems were not included due to them closing for 18 or more days after Hurricane Ida’s landfall. Those school systems included: Lafourche Parish, St. Charles Parish, St. Helena Parish, St. James Parish, St. John the Baptist Parish and Terrebonne Parish.

To review performance scores, click here.