6 area schools no longer ‘academically unacceptable’
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Six low-performing public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish are among 29 statewide that have been released from the list of “academically unacceptable” schools in Louisiana, officials said late Friday.
However, only two remain part of the East Baton Rouge Parish school district.
Those are Claiborne Elementary School and Scotlandville Elementary School.
The four others include Robert E. Lee High School and Greenville Elementary School, which are closed.
The other two are Kenilworth Middle School and Lanier Elementary School, which have already been taken over by the state because of previous academic problems.
The state Department of Education also announced Friday night that no schools are entering a category that would make them eligible for state takeovers next year.
The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted earlier this year to take over eight failing schools in East Baton Rouge Parish, including Lanier and Kenilworth.
Four others were put under strict state scrutiny.
Whether a school is classified as “academically unacceptable” depends on what state educators call school performance scores.
The minimum acceptable state score is 60 out of about 150.
Schools that fail to achieve results of 60 or above face a variety of state sanctions, and ultimately state takeovers, if they fail to improve.
Results are based on how students performed on the Louisiana Education Assessment Program, or LEAP; the Graduation Exit Exam; other tests; and dropout and attendance rates.
The scores for 2008-09 include:
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