Vermilion Parish school district makes "A" grade; ranked No. 11 in state

On Thursday, the Louisiana Department of Education released the district and school performance scores for the 2024-2025 School Year and, once again, Vermilion Parish's public school system did extremely well and remained an “A” district.
This set of scores is the final of its kind as the LDOE moves to a new accountability system for this school year.
The Vermilion Parish School System district performance score is a 91.3. This signifies a one point growth for the school system. Vermilion is one of 12 school districts in the state that achieved an “A” status.
This score also ranks Vermilion as the No. 11 district in the state of Louisiana. Of the 12 “A” districts, only six districts showed growth from a year ago and Vermilion was honored to be one of these six.
On the school level, nine schools finished the year with an “A” grade, six schools were graded a “B” and five schools were graded a “C.”
This is the first time since the local district returned from COVID that Vermilion does not have any schools rated as a “D” or “F” school.
Erath High’s score of 113.3, NVHS score of 109.9, and Kaplan’s 109.6 led the way.
Meaux Elementary was the highlight of the parish’s “A” schools as they moved from an 89.8 B to a 93.3 A. This marks the first time since the new formula in 2017 that Meaux Elementary reached the “A” status. A great accomplishment by all at Meaux, said the school district.
Ten VPSS schools improved their school performance score.
Growth was highlighted by Leblanc Elementary with a 5.1 point growth, Meaux Elementary with a 3.5 point growth, North Vermilion Middle with a 3.1 point growth and J.H. Williams and Herod both showing a 2.6 point growth.
Eaton Park, Seventh Ward, Kaplan High, North Vermilion High, and Rene Rost also showed SPS growth.
“We are very pleased with the results that were released today. Anytime you can have growth at the District level that is a major accomplishment. When you take the work of all 20 schools and put the results from over 8,000 students, growth needs to be celebrated,” said Superintendent Tommy Byler. “The tremendous growth at Leblanc, Meaux and North Vermilion Middle was outstanding. Any time you grow more than three points it is a great achievement. In addition, Herod and JH Williams showing 2.6 points growth was exceptional.”
“This is just a testament to the hard work of our students, teachers, administrators and our stakeholders who take a vested interest in our students and our schools,” Byler said. “Vermilion has a lot to be proud of with it’s public education system. So often we only get noticed when things go wrong, so being able to highlight the hard work and success of all it is a great feeling.”

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:

Highest school performance scores since new system in 2017:
• Kaplan High
• Meaux Elementary
• Leblanc Elementary
• Rene Rost Middle
• Herod Elementary
• Eaton Park Elementary