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1 a) louisiana A C T scores c) d) The Graduating Class of 2005 u Res lts or Rea hing F c Louisiana Department of EDUCATION For Districts and s Cecil J. Picard, State Superintendent of Education

2 State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Ms. Glenny Lee Buquet President 3rd BESE District Mr. Walter Lee Vice President 4th BESE District Ms. Linda Johnson Secretary-Treasurer 8th BESE District Ms. Penny Dastugue 1st BESE District Ms. Louella Givens 2nd BESE District Dr. James Stafford 5th BESE District Ms. Polly Broussard 6th BESE District Mr. Dale Bayard 7th BESE District Mr. Edgar Chase Member-at-Large Ms. Leslie Jacobs Member-at-Large Ms. Mary Washington Member-at-Large Ms. Weegie Peabody Executive Director For further information, contact: Allen Schulenberg Telephone , Telephone (225) , This public document was printed at a cost of $ Two Hundred copies (200) of this document were printed in this first printing at a cost of $ The total cost for the printing of this document, including reprints was $ This document was printed by the,, ; P.O. Box 94064; Baton Rouge, LA This material was printed in accordance with the standards for printing by State Agencies established pursuant to R.S. 43:31. The does not discriminate on the basis of sex in any of the education programs or activities that it operates, including employment and admission related to such programs and activities. The Department is required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) and its implementing regulations not to engage in such discrimination. The Department s Title IX Coordinator is: Patrick Weaver, Deputy Undersecretary,, Executive Office of the Superintendent; 1201 North Third Street, 5 th Floor, Room 5-233, Baton Rouge, LA 70802; Post Office Box 94064, Baton Rouge, LA ; Telephone: (225) , mail: partrick.weaver@la.gov. All inquiries pertaining to the Department s policy prohibiting discrimination based on sex or to the requirements of Title IX and its implementing regulations can be directed to Mr. Weaver or to the United States Department of Education, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights.

3 Introduction This report contains the average composite, English, mathematics, reading, and science American College Test (ACT) scores at both the district and school levels. The averages were computed by using the ACT scores most recently obtained by the students who were or would have been members of the Louisiana 2005 graduating class. Scores are reported for public schools only, including the laboratory schools, East Baton Rouge Arts and Technology, the Louisiana for Mathematics, Science and the Arts (Natchitoches Parish), and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. The state and national average scores, however, were computed using the scores of both public and nonpublic school students. The national average composite score includes the 49 other states and the District of Columbia. The first table provides the district, state, and national average composite scores for 2001 through The remaining tables provide the 2005 school-level scores. Summary of ACT Results The average composite score for Louisiana public and nonpublic students remained at 19.8 in The score increased to 19.8 in 2004 after remaining at 19.6 for the previous five years. The average national ACT composite score remained at compared to the prior year. The average score for the nation increased to in 2004 after remaining at 20.8 for the previous two years. For 2005, Louisiana remains only 1.1 points below the nation, as compared to 1.2 points in 2002 and Louisiana s public and nonpublic students combined showed that average scores remained the same in all areas except for reading. English scores remained at in 2005 compared to Mathematics scores for Louisiana students also remained at 19.2 compared to the previous year. Reading scores decreased slightly from in 2004 to 19.8 in Science scores for Louisiana students remained at 19.7 in 2005 compared to Twenty-six of Louisiana s 68 public school districts had increased average composite scores from Winn Parish showed the biggest gain of any public school district, increasing from 18.3 in 2004 to 19.5 in 2005, a 1.2-point jump. Thirty-five districts had decreased average composite scores from 2004, and seven districts maintained the same average composite score. Louisiana was one of the twelve states with a high proportion (greater than 75%) of high school graduates taking the ACT, including Colorado (100 percent), Illinois (100 percent), Mississippi (94 percent), Tennessee (92 percent), Louisiana (85 percent), North Dakota (82 percent), Alabama (77 percent), Arkansas (76 percent), Kansas (76 percent), Kentucky (76 percent), Nebraska (76 percent), and South Dakota (76 percent). The percent of Louisiana graduates taking the ACT decreased two-percentage points, from 87 percent in 2004 to 85 percent in Nationally, 40 percent of graduates took the ACT. In a ranking of average ACT composite scores for the sixteen Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states, Louisiana s average was ranked fourteenth, above the averages of South Carolina (19.4) and Mississippi (18.7). Louisiana s average falls just below Georgia s average of Proportionally, there were more students from poor families taking the test in Louisiana than nationally. In Louisiana, 15 percent of the participants were from families with a family income of less than $18,000, compared with 8 percent nationally. The ethnic group composition of the Louisiana population of ACT testers was different from that of the nation. While the national population consisted of 74 percent Caucasian-American/White students, 13 percent African-American/Black students, and a small percentage in each of the other ethnic groups, the Louisiana population contained fewer Caucasian-American/White students (60%), more African-American/Black students (30%), and very few students from other ethnic groups. i

4 2001 through 2005 District ACT Results District Name Acadia Allen Ascension Assumption Avoyelles Beauregard Bienville Bossier Caddo Calcasieu Caldwell Cameron Catahoula Claiborne Concordia DeSoto East Baton Rouge East Carroll District Name East Feliciana Evangeline Franklin Grant Iberia Iberville Jackson Jefferson Jefferson Davis Lafayette Lafourche LaSalle Lincoln Livingston Madison Morehouse Natchitoches Orleans

5 District Name Ouachita Plaquemines Pointe Coupee Rapides Red River Richland Sabine St. Bernard St. Charles St. Helena St. James St. John the Baptist St. Landry St. Martin St. Mary St. Tammany Tangipahoa District Name Tensas Terrebonne Union Vermilion Vernon Washington Webster West Baton Rouge West Carroll West Feliciana Winn Monroe City Bogalusa City Zachary Community N/A N/A N/A 19.8 City of Baker N/A N/A N/A STATE NATION Scores from the laboratory schools (Grambling State University Lab High, Louisiana State University Lab, and Southern University Lab ), and other schools such as the Louisiana for Mathematics, Science and the Arts are not included in the district averages but are included in the state average. The district averages include scores for public school students; the state and national averages include scores for public and nonpublic school students. 2

6 ACADIA Church Point HS Crowley HS Iota HS Midland HS Rayne HS District**

7 ALLEN Elizabeth HS Fairview HS Kinder HS Oakdale HS Oberlin HS Reeves HS 9 * * * * * District**

8 ASCENSION Donaldsonville HS Dutchtown HS East Ascension HS St. Amant HS District**

9 ASSUMPTION Assumption HS District**

10 AVOYELLES Avoyelles HS Bunkie HS La. for the Ag. Sciences 7 * * * * * Marksville HS District**

11 BEAUREGARD Beauregard Alt. 1 * * * * * DeRidder HS East Beauregard HS Hyatt HS 5 * * * * * Merryville HS Singer HS South Beauregard HS District**

12 BIENVILLE Arcadia HS Bienville HS 4 * * * * * Castor HS Gibsland-Coleman HS Ringgold HS Saline HS District**

13 BOSSIER Airline HS Benton HS Bossier HS Butler Educational Complex 1 * * * * * Haughton HS Parkway HS Plain Dealing HS District**

14 CADDO Booker T. Washington HS C.E. Byrd HS Caddo Parish Magnet HS Captain Shreve HS Fair Park HS Green Oaks HS Huntington HS North Caddo HS Northwood HS Southwood HS Woodlawn HS District** 1,

15 CADDO

16 CALCASIEU Alfred M. Barbe HS Bell City HS Calcasieu Career Center 2 * * * * * DeQuincy HS Iowa HS LaGrange HS Lake Charles/Boston HS Sam Houston HS Starks HS 6 * * * * * Sulphur HS Vinton HS Washington/Marion Magnet HS Westlake HS

17 CALCASIEU District** 1,

18 CALDWELL Caldwell Parish HS District**

19 CAMERON Grand Lake HS Hackberry HS Johnson Bayou HS South Cameron HS District**

20 CATAHOULA Block HS Central HS 3 * * * * * Harrisonburg HS Sicily Island HS 4 * * * * * District**

21 CLAIBORNE Athens HS Haynesville Jr./Sr. HS Homer HS Pineview HS Summerfield HS District**

22 CONCORDIA Ferriday HS Monterey HS Vidalia HS District**

23 DESOTO Logansport HS Mansfield HS North DeSoto HS Pelican All Saints HS 6 * * * * * Stanley HS District**

24 EAST BATON ROUGE Arlington Prep. Academy 2 * * * * * Baton Rouge HS Baton Rouge Prep. Academy 2 * * * * * Belaire HS Broadmoor Sr. HS Capitol Sr. HS Central HS Glen Oaks Sr. HS Istrouma Sr. HS McKinley Sr. HS Northdale Alt. Mag. Academy 6 * * * * * Northeast HS Robert E. Lee HS

25 EAST BATON ROUGE Scotlandville Magnet HS Tara HS Valley Park 3 * * * * * Woodlawn HS District** 1,

26 EAST CARROLL Lake Providence Senior HS Monticello HS 6 * * * * * District**

27 EAST FELICIANA Clinton HS Jackson HS District**

28 EVANGELINE Basile HS Bayou Chicot HS 1 * * * * * Chataignier HS 3 * * * * * Mamou HS Pine Prairie HS Vidrine HS 4 * * * * * Ville Platte HS District**

29 FRANKLIN Crowville HS Franklin Parish HS District**

30 GRANT Georgetown HS Grant HS Montgomery HS District**

31 IBERIA Delcambre HS Jeanerette Sr. HS Loreauville HS New Iberia Sr. HS Westgate HS District**

32 IBERVILLE East Iberville Elem./HS North Iberville Elem./HS Plaquemine Sr. HS White Castle HS District**

33 JACKSON Chatham Jasper Henderson HS 7 * * * * * Jonesboro-Hodge HS Quitman HS Weston HS District**

34 JEFFERSON Alfred Bonnabel HS East Jefferson HS Fisher Middle/HS Grace King HS Grand Isle HS 7 * * * * * John Ehret HS L.W. Higgins HS Riverdale HS West Jefferson HS District** 1,

35 JEFFERSON

36 JEFFERSON DAVIS Elton HS Hathaway HS Jennings HS Lacassine HS Lake Arthur HS Welsh HS District**

37 LAFAYETTE Acadiana HS Carencro HS Lafayette Charter HS Lafayette HS Northside HS O. Comeaux HS District** 1,

38 LAFOURCHE Central Lafourche HS South Lafourche HS Thibodaux HS District**

39 LASALLE Jena HS LaSalle HS District**

40 LINCOLN Choudrant HS Dubach HS 9 * * * * * Lincoln Parish Sec. Alt. 2 * * * * * Ruston HS Simsboro HS District**

41 LIVINGSTON Albany HS Denham Springs HS Doyle HS French Settlement HS Holden HS Live Oak HS Maurepas Springfield HS Walker HS District**

42 LIVINGSTON

43 MADISON Reuben McCall Sr. HS Tallulah HS District**

44 MOREHOUSE Bastrop HS Delta HS District**

45 NATCHITOCHES Lakeview Jr./Sr. HS Natchitoches Central HS District**

46 ORLEANS Alcee Fortier HS Benjamin Franklin Sr. HS Booker T. Washington East N.O. Educational Center 1 * * * * * Edna Karr Magnet Fredrick A. Douglass HS G. W. Carver HS John F. Kennedy Sr. HS John McDonogh Sr. HS Joseph S. Clark Sr. HS L.B. Landry HS Lawless HS Marion Abramson Sr. HS

47 ORLEANS McDonogh #35 Sr. HS McMain Mag. Sec N.O. Public s Alt. HS 5 * * * * * N.O. Science and Math HS 6 * * * * * O. P. Walker Sr. HS Rabouin Career Magnet HS Sarah Towles Reed Sr. HS Walter L. Cohen HS Warren Easton Fund. Sr. HS District** 2,

48 ORLEANS

49 OUACHITA Ouachita Parish Alt. Center 1 * * * * * Ouachita Parish HS Richwood HS Sterlington HS West Monroe HS West Ouachita HS District**

50 PLAQUEMINES Belle Chasse HS Boothville-Venice Buras HS Phoenix HS Port Sulphur HS District**

51 POINTE COUPEE Livonia HS Pointe Coupee Central HS District**

52 RAPIDES Alexandria Sr. HS Bolton HS Buckeye HS Ewell S. Aiken Optional Glenmora HS Northwood HS Oak Hill HS Peabody Magnet HS Pineville HS Plainview HS Rapides HS Tioga HS District**

53 RAPIDES

54 RED RIVER Hall Summit 2 * * * * * Red River HS District**

55 RICHLAND Delhi HS Mangham HS Rayville HS District**

56 SABINE Converse HS Ebarb Florien HS Many HS Negreet HS Pleasant Hill HS 5 * * * * * Zwolle HS District**

57 ST. BERNARD Andrew Jackson Fundamental Chalmette HS St. Bernard HS District**

58 ST. CHARLES Destrehan HS Hahnville HS District**

59 ST. HELENA St. Helena Central HS District**

60 ST. JAMES Lutcher HS St. James HS District**

61 ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST East St. John HS West St. John HS District**

62 ST. LANDRY Beau Chene HS Eunice HS North Central HS Northwest HS Opelousas Sr. HS Port Barre HS District**

63 ST. MARTIN Breaux Bridge HS Cecilia HS St. Martinville Sr. HS District**

64 ST. MARY Berwick HS Centerville HS 9 * * * * * Franklin Sr. HS Morgan City HS Patterson HS West St. Mary HS District**

65 ST. TAMMANY Covington HS Fontainebleau HS Mandeville HS Northshore HS Pearl River HS Salmen HS Slidell HS District** 1,

66 TANGIPAHOA Amite HS Hammond HS Independence HS Jewel M. Sumner HS Kentwood HS Loranger HS Northwood HS 4 * * * * * Ponchatoula HS Tangipahoa Parish PM HS 2 * * * * * District**

67 TANGIPAHOA

68 TENSAS Davidson HS Newellton HS District**

69 TERREBONNE Ellender Memorial HS H. L. Bourgeois HS South Terrebonne HS Terrebonne HS District**

70 UNION Bernice HS Downsville HS Farmerville HS Linville HS Marion HS 5 * * * * * Spearsville HS District**

71 VERMILION Abbeville HS Erath HS Gueydan HS Kaplan HS North Vermilion HS Pecan Island HS 2 * * * * * District**

72 VERNON Anacoco HS Evans HS Hicks HS Hornbeck HS Leesville HS Pickering HS Pitkin HS Rosepine HS Simpson HS 7 * * * * * District**

73 VERNON

74 WASHINGTON Franklinton HS Mt. Hermon Pine HS Varnado HS District**

75 WEBSTER Cotton Valley HS Doyline HS Lakeside Jr./Sr. HS Minden HS Sarepta HS Shongaloo HS Springhill HS Webster Parish Alt. 2 * * * * * District**

76 WEST BATON ROUGE Brusly HS Port Allen HS District**

77 WEST CARROLL Epps HS Forest Kilbourne HS Oak Grove HS District**

78 WEST FELICIANA West Feliciana HS District**

79 WINN Atlanta 4 * * * * * Calvin HS Dodson HS Winnfield Sr. HS District**

80 MONROE CITY Carroll HS Neville HS Wossman HS District**

81 BOGALUSA CITY Bogalusa HS District**

82 ZACHARY COMMUNITY Zachary HS District**

83 CITY OF BAKER Baker HS District**

84 LAB SCHOOLS Grambling State Univ. Lab HS LSU Univ. Lab Southern Univ. Lab

85 OTHER SCHOOLS EBR Arts & Technology 7 * * * * * La. for Math, Sci. & Arts N.O. Center for Creative Arts 1 * * * * *