BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana students made gains with the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP).

The 2025 results show grades 3-8 saw a one percentage point increase in overall student proficiency. Thirty-five percent of students achieved Mastery or above during the last school year, representing an improvement over the previous year, when the number stood at 34 percent, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

This continues the trend of gains since 2021. Since then, the overall Mastery+ rate for third through eighth graders has gone up by five percentage points.

"In this year’s results, 80 percent of school systems either improved or maintained their 3–8 Mastery+ rate, and 74 percent did the same for grades 3–12," LDOE said.

Math proficiency also improved in those grades by two percentage points to 33 percent.

Some of the other highlights include the English language arts Mastery+ rate held at 43 percent and the Science Mastery+ rate going up by one point to 29 percent.

The high school Mastery+ rate decreased from 36 percent to 35 percent.

A breakdown of the 2025 LEAP assessment results by parish and school is available below.

“Louisiana teachers are the driving force behind the steady, sustained progress of the past five years,” said Louisiana State Superintendent of Education Dr. Cade Brumley. “While today’s results show continued movement in the right direction, they also underscore the challenges ahead. We must accelerate efforts to support educators, raise expectations for students, and maintain our laser focus on academic achievement.”

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