The high school graduation rates in St John the Baptist parish have experienced a decline within the last six years, according to the latest state data.
More than half of the high schools in St John the Baptist parish fell short of hitting the state average graduation rates in the past six years, according to data released by the Louisiana Education Department this week.
Among the schools furthest from meeting the state’s graduation average was East St. John High School in Reserve, with an overall graduation rate last year of 63.3 percent, which fell short of the state’s average of 83.1 percent.
West St John High School in Edgard, had a graduation rate of 80 percent, according to the preliminary data, which is 3.1 points short of the state average. In 2016, St John the Baptist Parish had an 80.7 percent high school graduation rate. It’s best ever high school graduation rate which toppled the state average at 78.2 percent.
For high schools in the river parishes – St Charles, St James and St John the Baptist- high schools in St John the Baptist parish have the lowest graduation rates.