BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Department of Education released its 2023 School Performance Scores Monday.
For high schools, Louisiana bases the performance scores on six areas, including: Whether students are at least at the "Mastery" level on subjects on the standardized test, progress of the students during the year, dropout rate, ACT scores of 21 or over, graduating on time and taking college-level (AP) courses during the year and the graduation rate of that year's class.
Any score above 95 on a scale up to 150, is considered an A grade.
Here are the top 10 high schools in the state as listed on the School Performance Scores. A significant percentage of those schools are considered magnet, or selective schools that often have admission requirements.
Top-rated high schools
- Haynes Academy 138.2
- Early College Academy Lafayette 135.7
- Patrick Taylor 133.1
- Caddo Magnet High School 130.4
- Baton Rouge Magnet 128.1
- Ben Franklin High School 127.5
- Thomas Jefferson 125
- Willow School 121.3
- LSU Lab 118.8
- Louisiana School for Math and Science 118.7
Top-rated elementary/middle schools
Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School (125.4) - Caddo Parish
Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies (123.1) - Jefferson Parish
A.E. Phillips Laboratory School (119.9) - Lincoln Parish
South Highlands Elementary Magnet School (118.6) - Caddo Parish
Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies (118.1) - Jefferson Parish
Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School (117.7) - East Baton Rouge Parish '
T.S. Cooley Elementary Magnet School (117.6) - Calcasieu Parish
Airline Park Academy for Advanced Studies (116.9) - Jefferson Paris
Lake Forest Elementary Charter School (114.9) - Orleans Parish
Mayfair Laboratory School (113.6) - East Baton Rouge Parish
