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Black student results in Ouachita Parish

Across 25 schools in Ouachita Parish, 22.2% of Black students meet mastery or above. That is 0.3 points below the Louisiana average for Black students.

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33.2%
All students
22.2%
Black
31.9%
Hispanic
42.5%
White
57.6%
Asian

Average across the 25 schools in Ouachita 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 20 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Claiborne School reports 45% of Black students meeting the standard. Riser Elementary School, in the same district, reports 9%. That is a 36-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Ouachita 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
Claiborne School 53% 45% 32% 56% 70%
Boley Elementary School 56% 43% 53% 70%
George Welch Elementary School 57% 38% 58%
West Ridge Middle School 59% 37% 36% 64% 73%
Drew Elementary School 62% 25% 34% 65%
Kiroli Elementary School 43% 25% 20% 49%
Good Hope Middle School 48% 24% 54% 55% 100%
East Ouachita Middle School 32% 24% 35% 44%
Sterlington Elementary School 49% 23% 67% 57% 25%
Calhoun Middle School 33% 22% 19% 35%
Central Elementary School 34% 21% 25% 36%
Jack Hayes Elementary School 21% 21% 25% 36%
Highland Elementary School 42% 21% 47% 81%
Sterlington Middle School 49% 21% 60% 56% 51%
Swartz Upper Elementary School 30% 20% 46% 40%
Ouachita Junior High School 19% 19% 11% 34% 25%
Robinson Elementary School 17% 17% 42%
Swayze Elementary School 17% 17%
Lenwil Elementary School 19% 16% 15% 19%
Lakeshore School 20% 15% 13% 29%
Riverbend Elementary School 16% 15% 19% 14%
Riser Middle School 16% 14% 19% 18%
Richwood Junior High School 14% 14% 37%
Shady Grove Elementary School 11% 10%
Riser Elementary School 14% 9% 12% 23%

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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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