U.S. News & World Report Ranks Three Livingston Parish High Schools Among Louisiana’s Top 25
U.S. News & World Report Ranks Three Livingston Parish High Schools Among Louisiana’s Top 25
LIVINGSTON, La. – Three Livingston Parish high schools have earned a Top 25 ranking among public high schools in Louisiana, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 Best High Schools report.
Those schools are Holden High School, ranked No. 13; Live Oak High School, listed at No. 15; and Springfield High School, which earned the No. 25 ranking.
The schools were ranked for their performance on state-required tests, graduation rates and how well they are preparing students for college.“The highest ranked public schools in the 2023-2024 Best High Schools national rankings were those whose students achieved exceptional scores on state assessments for math, reading and science. These schools also had strong underserved student performance, college readiness and curriculum breadth, as well as graduation rates,” according to the U.S. News & World Report’s online announcement.
“The College readiness specifically measures participation and performance on Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate exams, and underserved student performance focuses on students who are Black, Hispanic or from low-income households,” the announcement added.
According to the national report, Holden High School earned a scorecard of 91.99. The school had an AP participation rate of 58% with 31% of those students passing at least one APexam. The school has a 78% graduation rate and proficiency levels of 64% in math, 69% in reading and 49% in science.
Live Oak High School earned a scorecard of 90.18. The school’s AP participation rate was 59% with 32% of those students passing at least one exam. The school has a 95% graduation rate and proficiency levels of 43% in math, 64% in reading and 32% in science.
Springfield High School received a scorecard of 84.71, and it had an AP participation rate of 44% with 20% of those students passing at least one AP Exam. The school’s graduation rate is 90% and proficiency levels are 34% in math, 65% in reading and 34% in science.
The remaining six high schools earned scorecards that ranked them in the state’s top 60 public schools. Those scorecards and rankings were as following: Walker High School, No. 32 with an 81.42 scorecard; Albany High School, No. 35 with a scorecard of 80.61; Doyle High School, No. 47 with a 74.76 scorecard; Maurepas High School, No. 54 with a 69.81 scorecard; French Settlement High School, No. 55 with a 68.99 scorecard; and Denham Springs High School, No. 59 with a 67.82 scorecard.
The Best High Schools rankings are available exclusively on
USNews.com and include data on a variety of factors, such as enrollment, student diversity, participation in free and reduced-price lunch programs, in addition to graduation rates and the results of state assessments. U.S. News evaluated nearly 18,000 public high schools at the national, state, and local level.