Vermilion Parish School System ranks seventh statewide in LEAP scores

The Louisiana Department of Education released data on the 2022 LEAP Testing Assessments on Wednesday, and Vermilion Parish’s school system did well.
Vermilion Parish was once again the top district in the Acadiana Area ranking No. 7 in the state for the number of students scoring mastery or above on the statewide test. Forty-one percent of all tests taken by Vermilion Parish students in grades 3-11 scored above the state’s proficiency standards.
The parish ranked No. 1 in Acadiana.
“We are very pleased with what the data shows,” Superintendent Tommy Byler said. “With the uncertainty of learning loss and time away from school because of the past obstacles, we are please with the progress we have made thus far. But we also look forward to being even better in years to come as we continue to work hard for the success of our students.”
Vermilion was well above the state average in all test in grades 3-8, which includes test in ELA, Math, Science and Social Studies. The same can be said for the high school testing subjects of English I and II, Algebra, Geometry, Biology and US History.
Some of the district elementary and middle school highlights included:
• 3rd Grade students ranked No. 2 in the state in ELA and No. 4 in the state in Math.
• 4th and 5th Grade ELA were ranked No. 3 and No. 4 respectively.
• 7th and 8th Grade ELA both had No. 6 rankings.
• 6th and 8th Grade Math both had top 6 rankings.
In high school:
• Vermilion Parish students ranked in the top 9 in all 6 tested high school subjects.
“Solid growth in many areas across grade levels, but now we will look at the areas that have more potential for growth and see how we can continue to move our students and our district forward,” Byler said.