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Black student results in Jefferson Davis Parish

Across 10 schools in Jefferson Davis Parish, 20.6% of Black students meet mastery or above. That is 1.9 points below the Louisiana average for Black students.

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34.4%
All students
20.6%
Black
29.9%
Hispanic
39.1%
White

Average across the 10 schools in Jefferson Davis Parish with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 8 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Welsh Elementary School reports 29% of Black students meeting the standard. Lacassine High School, in the same district, reports 6%. That is a 23-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Jefferson Davis Parish

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting mastery or above. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Lake Arthur Elementary School 43% 34% 42% 45%
Welsh Elementary School 41% 29% 60% 45%
Elton Elementary School 38% 27% 50%
Welsh-roanoke Junior High School 35% 22% 38%
Fenton Elementary School 24% 21% 27%
Jennings Elementary School 31% 19% 23% 39%
Elton High School 28% 18% 25% 33%
Hathaway High School 42% 16% 25% 44%
Jennings High School 30% 14% 20% 36%
Lacassine High School 32% 6% 14% 34%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Louisiana suppresses results under FERPA and marks groups under ten students as NR. Where the Advanced share is masked as under 5%, proficiency is derived from the reported lower achievement levels. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 1,016 of the state's schools have reportable data. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Louisiana figures should not be compared against another state's.

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