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Black student results in Plaquemines Parish

Across 6 schools in Plaquemines Parish, 31.3% of Black students meet mastery or above. That is 8.8 points above the Louisiana average for Black students.

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39.8%
All students
31.3%
Black
38.7%
Hispanic
46.8%
White
57.5%
Asian

Average across the 6 schools in Plaquemines 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 6 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Belle Chasse Elementary School reports 45% of Black students meeting the standard. South Plaquemines Elementary School, in the same district, reports 23%. That is a 22-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Plaquemines 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
Belle Chasse Elementary School 58% 45% 52% 62% 70%
Belle Chasse Middle School 55% 38% 44% 59% 73%
Phoenix High School 29% 30% 20%
South Plaquemines High School 37% 27% 39% 48% 40%
Boothville-venice Elementary School 36% 25% 51% 37% 47%
South Plaquemines Elementary School 24% 23% 26% 28%

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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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