2. How Does Secondary Education in Louisiana Stack up? Presented by Dr. Bobby Franklin January 31, 2005

3. LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOLS WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE?

4. K-12 9-12K-8 9-126-8K-5 10-127-94-6K-3 Grade Span Formats

5. Grade Span Affects  Continuity  Community  Heritage  Culture  Climate  Discipline  Performance

6. Configuration Comparisons for Grades 6 & 7 on Behavior & Achievement

7. Louisiana High Schools 2003-2004  There are over 400 schools in Louisiana which contain grades 9, 10, 11 or 12.  There are 191,083 students in grades 9, 10, 11 or 12.  26% of all Louisiana Public School Students are enrolled in grades 9, 10, 11 or 12.  The Average School Size is 480 students.  K-12 Public School Enrollment is down by 2200 students.

8. Teacher Information  Percent classes taught by certified teachers is about 88%  Average salary is about $34,000

9. Grade Configurations  Elementary Schools K-5 = 287 sch. 126,163 students K-6 = 143 sch. 66,441 students K-4 = 45 sch. 21,481 students K-8 = 42 sch. 19,264 students K-5 = 41 sch. 18,954 students 38 other grade configurations not listed  Middle Schools 6-8 = 144 sch. 78,123 students 7-8 = 41 sch. 18,811 students 4-8 = 30 sch. 15,807 students 5-8 = 18 sch. 7,338 students 7-9 = 9 sch. 6,765 students 6 other grade configurations not listed

10. Grade Configurations cont.  High Schools 8-12 = 181 sch. 140,939 students 9-12 = 29 sch. 13,374 students 7-12 = 47 sch. 25,987 students 6-12 = 27 sch. 6,153 students 5 other grade configurations not listed  Combination (Unit) K-12 = 124 sch. 29,755 students 1-12 = 8 sch. 229 students 3-12 = 8 sch. 767 students 5-12 = 7 sch. 638 students 13 other grade configurations not listed

11. Louisiana High School Students Who are they?  47% are Minorities  53% are Non-Minorities

12. Public High School Enrollment by Ethnicity White Black Asian Am. Ind Hispanic

13. Louisiana High School Students Who are they?  49.38% are Males & 50.62% are Females  There is very little difference in the break down of Minority Status by Gender MinorityNon-Minority Femal e 25%26% Male 23%26%

14.  Louisiana High School Students Who are they?  44.99% are in poverty.  38.06% qualify for “Free lunch” and 6.93% qualify for “Reduced lunch”.  Slightly more females receiving Free lunch than males.  Almost 70% of those receiving free lunch are minorities and 30% are non-minorities.

15. Louisiana High School Discipline Trends* The percent of high school students being suspended has increased each year. *Schools following High School definition

16. Louisiana High School Discipline Trends* The percent of high school students being Expelled has remained level. *Schools following High School definition

17. STATEWIDE High School Accountability Results DEFINITION: High School Accountability schools have grades 10 and/or 11 and have no grades outside of the 8-12 range. GOOD NEWS  Average High School SPS Score is 84.4  80% were eligible for Rewards  81.3% received the “Exemplary or Recognized Academic Growth” label BAD NEWS  43.5% of all High Schools received a One Star or Lower (Academic Warning or Academically Unacceptable)  Almost 20% of High Schools are in some level of School Improvement.

18. High School SPS Base (2 Year Score)

19. IOWA TEST RESULTS 9 th Grade (Regular Students)

20. IOWA TEST RESULTS OPTIONS (PreGED/Skills) Program

21. 2004 IOWA TEST RESULTS OPTIONS (PreGED/Skills) Program Vs. REGULAR 9 th GRADE

22. The Graduate Exit Exam (GEE 21)  Over 43,000 High School Students took the GEE 21 last year.  Students must pass English Language Arts, math and either science or social studies to be eligible to graduate from high school.

23. Louisiana High School Students How are they doing? GEE 21- Initial Testers Only Spring 2004 EnglishMathSocial Studies Science Advanced2%8%1%3% Mastery18%15%11%15% Basic40%38%51%39% App. Basic21%15%22%24% Unsatisfactory 18%23%26%19%

24. 200220032004 Math 55%59%61% English L.A. 58%53%60% Social Studies 52%58%63% Science 50%55%57% Chart shows percent of students scoring Basic or Above Has there been ANY improvement on the GEE 21? YES!

25. some students Are some students doing better than others on the GEE 21? White Vs. Black (Spring 2004) English (White) Englis h (Black) Math (White ) Math (Black ) Advanced3%0%13%2% Mastery26%8%21%7% Basic46%34%42%33% App. Basic17%27%12%19% Unsatisfactor y 9%30%12%38%

26. Dropout Rates by Grade 1998-1999 through 2002-2003

27. Dropout and School Size 7-12 dropouts 2002-03 (alternative schools have been removed from data)  Dropouts in schools with more than 400 students are slightly higher than in schools with less than 400 students. Greater than 400 students = 4.3% dropouts Less than 400 students = 3.9% dropouts

28. Dropout and School Size 9-12 dropouts 2002-03 (alternative schools have been removed from data)  Dropouts in schools with more than 400 students are slightly higher than in schools with less than 400 students. Greater than 400 students = 5.7% dropouts Less than 400 students = 5.3% dropouts

29. Dropout and School Size 9-12 dropouts 2002-03 (alternative schools ONLY)  There are 80 alternative schools with 9-12 dropout data.  All but 2 of these schools are smaller than 400 students.  Overall, these alternative schools have a 9-12 dropout rate of 21.0%.

30. 7-8 Dropout by Grade Configuration & School Size

32. Average Dropout Rate by Race 9-12 1998-2002

33. Retention Rates by Grade 1998-1999 through 2003-2004

34. Louisiana Graduation Rates Graduates  Over 37,608 students graduated during the 2002-2003 school year.  91.1% of those who made it to 12 th grade graduated  This is comparable to the nationwide rate of 91.7%.

35. Louisiana Completers Completers  The most recently published figure for Louisiana high school completion is approximately 65% (2000-2001, NCES).  The nationwide rate at this time was 80.5%.

36. Louisiana High School Exit Patterns A 1999-2000 Study of a cohort of High School Students revealed the following outcomes over 4 years:

37. Louisiana High Completer Patterns A 1999-2000 Study revealed the following exit outcomes for those who completed their education:

38. 2004 ACT Results  Louisiana is one of eight states with greater then 75% of its high school graduates taking the ACT.  The percent of Louisiana graduates taking the ACT increased from 80% in 2003 to 87% in 2004.  2004 yielded an ACT Composite Score average of 19.4* with over 36,000 students taking the test.  In Comparison to other states, Louisiana’s average was ranked fourteenth among SREB States (just above South Carolina and below Georgia).  Proportionally, there were more students (15%) from poor families taking the test in our state than nationally (8%). * Public Schools Only

39. Has there been ANY improvement on the ACT ? YES! 200020012002200 3 2004 STATE* 19.6 19.8 NATION 21.0 20.8 20.9  After 5 years, the Louisiana State Avg finally increased !  60% of Louisiana Districts increased their average scores! * Includes Louisiana Public and Private Schools

40. Louisiana College Readiness  In Fall 2003, 47% of Louisiana public school graduates enrolled as First-Time-Freshmen (FTF). UP 5% from the prior year.  36% of those FTF enrolled in at least one developmental course. (Highest in Math - 31%).  Of the 2003 FTF, 62% were White, 34% Black.  Between Fall of 2002 and Fall of 2003 the college going rates INCREASED in 49 Louisiana public school districts.

41. MERIT BASED AWARDS  For 2004-2005 school year, over 38,000 students received TOPS awards.  This year, the cost to continue current awards and disperse new awards is $116 million dollars ($55 million of it being spent on new awards).

42. Louisiana’s TOPS Annual Awards

43. What do you want to change?  Continuity  Community  Heritage  Culture  Climate  Discipline  Performance