Livingston Parish Schools Ranked Among State’s Best by U.S. News & World Report
Livingston Parish Schools Ranked Among State’s Best by U.S. News & World Report
LIVINGSTON, La. – Thirty-eight Livingston Parish schools, including all nine high schools, have been award “Best School” rankings by U.S. New & World Report, placing them among the state’s top 40%, according to report.
The rankings include about 70,000 public schools across the country. Schools are ranked at the state and district level, with Best Charter Schools ranked as a stand-alone category.
Among the parish’s high schools, Live Oak High ranked at the top in the parish, followed by Springfield, Holden, Albany High, French Settlement High, Walker High, Denham Springs High, Maurepas and Doyle High.
The 14 middle schools that received a “Best Middle School” ranking, beginning with the highest ranking, include Albany Middle, Holden, Maurepas, Frost, North Corbin Junior High, Denham Springs Junior High, Live Oak Junior High, Juban Parc Junior High, French Settlement, Southside Junior High, Doyle, Walker Junior High, Westside Junior High, and Live Oak Middle.
The 15 elementary schools that received the “Best Elementary School” ranking, beginning with the highest ranking, include Juban Parc Elementary, Freshwater Elementary, Denham Springs Elementary, North Live Oak Elementary, Holden, Eastside Elementary, South Live Oak Elementary, Albany Upper Elementary, South Walker Elementary, Live Oak Elementary, Lewis Vincent Elementary, Levi Milton Elementary, Gray’s Creek Elementary, Seventh Ward Elementary, and North Corbin Elementary.
The methodology focuses on how schools were assessed on their pupils’ proficiencies in mathematics and reading, as measured by state assessment tests. Half of the ranking formula was the results themselves; the other half was the results in the context of socioeconomic demographics. The top-ranked schools are highly achieving ones that succeeded in educating all their students. All data for the rankings are from third-party sources, including the U.S. Department of Education.
Parents, educators and students can see how Livingston Parish’s schools compare to other institutions and how the rankings are calculated by USNews.com by visiting the U.S. News & World Report site at
https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/elementary-school.