Livingston Parish Schools Earn Top 10 Ranking for Student Performance on LEAP Assessments
Livingston Parish Schools Earn Top 10 Ranking for Student Performance on LEAP Assessments
19 of 42 Schools Grow Overall Percentage of Mastery & Advanced Scores
LIVINGSTON, La. – Livingston Parish Public Schools earned a Top 10 ranking statewide for the percentage of students in Grades 3-8 and high school who scored Mastery or Advanced on the LEAP 2025 Assessment, based on results from the 2022-2023 school year, which were released today by the Louisiana Department of Education.
Overall, 41 percent of all students in Livingston Parish scored Mastery or Advanced on the assessment, which is the state’s standard tool for measuring proficiency in English/Language Arts (ELA), math, science and social studies for grades 3-12. The district’s overall score far outpaces the state’s average of 33 percent of students scoring Mastery or Advanced.
The Louisiana Department of Education reports student scores on five levels: Unsatisfactory, Approaching Basic, Basic, Mastery, or Advanced. Students scoring Master and Advanced are considered proficient, or ready for the next grade level.
The 41 percent of students who scored Mastery or Advanced is the same overall score earned by the district on last year’s assessment. However, this year’s report shows nearly half of the district’s schools receiving scores, 19 of 42, grew 1 to 6 percentage points for students scoring Mastery or Advanced.
“We are certainly glad to see that our district is holding its scores year after year, and that we are showing good signs of growth in some areas. Still, we have other areas where more growth is expected and we believe we can do better,” Superintendent Joe Murphy said.
“Much credit goes to our teachers and on-campus administrators for staying focused on our children’s academic progress and maintaining a high level of achievement during a very challenging school year, and especially during the spring testing period,”
Kelly LaBauve, supervisor of assessment and accountability, noted that 20 of the district’s schools grew their percentages of Mastery and Advanced scores 1 to 12 percent in ELA. Nineteen schools grew their percentage of Mastery and Advanced scores 1 to 9 percent in science; 18 grew their percentages in those top categories 1 to 8 percent in social studies, and 17 schools grew their percentage of Mastery and Advanced scores by 1 to 11 percent in math.
“We had a handful of schools that improved their performance across the board, but for the most part, we saw mixed results across the district,” LaBauve said.
A breakdown of scores by subject area shows that 53% of Livingston Parish students scored Mastery or Advanced in ELA; 39% scored Mastery or Advanced in math; 37% scored at those levels in science; and 34% scored at the top two levels in social studies.
LaBauve noted that while the percentages of Mastery and Advanced scores are lower overall in science and social studies, they rank high statewide, 9th and 10th place, respectively.
State Superintendent Cade Brumley released his department’s analysis of the state’s 2022-2023 scores earlier this week at a press conference in Bossier Parish. He reported that the state’s overall mastery rate improved two points, from 31 percent to 33 percent. At the same time, 75% of the state’s public school systems showed improvement.