Louisiana school board elections, 2019

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Main article: School board elections, 2019

## Contents

* 1 Elections
* 2 Academic performance
* 2.1 NAEP scores
* 2.2 Graduation, ACT and SAT scores
* 2.3 Dropout rate
* 3 State profile
* 3.1 State profile
* 3.1.1 Partisan data
* 4 Pivot Counties
* 4.1 Pivot Counties
* 5 Additional elections
* 5.1 See also
* 5.2 Footnotes

# Elections[edit]

Ballotpedia provides in-depth coverage of school board elections in America's largest school districts by enrollment. In addition to the 200 largest school districts in the nation, Ballotpedia covers the additional school districts that overlap with the 100 largest cities by population in the United States. No Louisiana school districts within Ballotpedia's coverage scope held school board elections in 2019.

# Academic performance[edit]

See also: Public education in Louisiana

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### NAEP scores[edit]

See also: NAEP scores by state

The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The table below presents the percentage of fourth and eighth grade students that scored at or above proficient in reading and math during school year 2012-2013. Compared to three neighboring states (Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi), Louisiana tied with Mississippi for the lowest percentage of fourth grade students who scored at or above proficient in math during the 2012-2013 school year.[1]

Percent of students scoring at or above proficient, 2012-2013

| Math - Grade 4 | Math - Grade 8 | Reading - Grade 4 | Reading - Grade 8
Louisiana | 26% | 21% | 23% | 24%
Alabama | 38% | 20% | 31% | 25%
Arkansas | 39% | 28% | 32% | 30%
Mississippi | 26% | 21% | 21% | 20%
U.S. average | 41% | 34% | 34% | 34%
Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables"

### Graduation, ACT and SAT scores[edit]

See also: Graduation rates by groups in state and ACT and SAT scores in the United States

The following table shows the graduation rates and average composite ACT and SAT scores for Louisiana and surrounding states during the 2012-2013 school year. All statements made in this section refer to that school year.[1][2][3]

In the United States, public schools reported graduation rates that averaged to about 81.4 percent. About 54 percent of all students in the country took the ACT, while 50 percent reported taking the SAT. The average national composite scores for those tests were 20.9 out of a possible 36 for the ACT, and 1498 out of a possible 2400 for the SAT.[4]

Louisiana schools reported a graduation rate of 73.5 percent during the 2012-2013 school year, lowest among its neighboring states.

In Louisiana, more students took the ACT than the SAT in 2013, earning an average ACT score of 19.5.

Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores, 2012-2013

State  | Graduation rate, 2013  | Average ACT composite, 2013  | Average SAT composite, 2013
Percent  | Quintile ranking**  | Score  | Participation rate  | Score  | Participation rate
Louisiana | 73.5% | Fifth | 19.5 | 100% | 1655 | 5%
Alabama | 80% | Fourth | 20.4 | 78% | 1608 | 7%
Arkansas | 84.9% | Second | 20.2 | 90% | 1697 | 4%
Mississippi | 75.5% | Fifth | 18.9 | 95% | 1673 | 3%
United States | 81.4% | 20.9 | 54% | 1498 | 50%
**Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally.
Sources: United States Department of Education, "ED Data Express"
ACT.org, "2013 ACT National and State Scores"
The Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT scores by state, 2013"

### Dropout rate[edit]

See also: Public high school dropout rates by state for a full comparison of dropout rates by group in all states

The high school event dropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades nine through 12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both school year 2010–2011 and school year 2011–2012. The event dropout rate for Louisiana was higher than the national average at 3.9 percent in the 2010-2011 school year, and 5.7 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.[5]

# State profile[edit]

## State profile[edit]

See also: Louisiana and Louisiana elections, 2019

### Partisan data[edit]

The information in this section was current as of May 7, 2019.

Presidential voting pattern

* Louisiana voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Congressional delegation

* Following the 2018 elections, both U.S. senators from Louisiana were Republican.
* Louisiana had one Democratic and five Republican U.S. representatives.

State executives

* Democrats held three and Republicans held nine of Louisiana's 15 state executive offices. Elections for the other offices are nonpartisan.
* Louisiana's governor was Democrat John Bel Edwards.

State legislature

* Republicans controlled the Louisiana State Senate with a 25-14 majority.
* Republicans controlled the Louisiana House of Representatives with a 62-39 majority.

Louisiana Party Control: 1992-2026
Eight years of Democratic trifectas • Eight years of Republican trifectas
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Louisiana quick stats

* Became a state in 1812
* 18th state admitted to the United States
* Louisiana is the only state with political subdivisions called parishes.
* Members of the Louisiana State Senate: 39
* Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives: 105
* U.S. senators: 2
* U.S. representatives: 6

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Demographic data for Louisiana

| Louisiana| U.S.
Total population:| 4,668,960| 316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):| 43,204| 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:| 62.8%| 73.6%
Black/African American:| 32.1%| 12.6%
Asian:| 1.7%| 5.1%
Native American:| 0.6%| 0.8%
Pacific Islander:| 0%| 0.2%
Two or more:| 1.8%| 3%
Hispanic/Latino:| 4.7%| 17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:| 83.4%| 86.7%
College graduation rate:| 22.5%| 29.8%
Income
Median household income:| $45,047| $53,889
Persons below poverty level:| 23.3%| 11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Louisiana.

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**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

# Pivot Counties[edit]

## Pivot Counties[edit]

See also: Pivot Counties by state

There are no Pivot Counties in Louisiana. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

# Additional elections[edit]

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## See also[edit]

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## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014
2. ↑ ACT, "2012 ACT National and State Scores," accessed May 13, 2014
3. ↑ Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT Scores by State 2013," October 10, 2013
4. ↑ StudyPoints, "What's a good SAT score or ACT score?" accessed June 7, 2015
5. ↑ United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Common Core of Data (CCD), State Dropout and Graduation Rate Data File, School Year 2010-11, Provision Version 1a and School Year 2011-12, Preliminary Version 1a," accessed May 13, 2014

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