State releases 2015 report cards and school scores for most high schools

Schools with just ninth through 12th grade received letter grades.

The Louisiana Department of Education today released report cards for some high schools based on 2014-15 school year achievements. In Orleans Parish, 12 schools increased their school performance scores while 6 dropped.

Not all high school scores were released today, just those with enrollment of only ninth through 12th grades. High schools that are part of a K-12 school will not be announced until elementary- and middle-school scores are ready in December.

Marta Jewson

Marta Jewson covers education in New Orleans for The Lens. She began her reporting career covering charter schools for The Lens and helped found the hyperlocal news site Mid-City Messenger. Jewson returned to New Orleans in the fall of 2014 after covering education for the St. Cloud Times in Minnesota. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with majors in journalism and social welfare and a concentration in educational policy studies.

Jewson has covered New Orleans schools for 15 years through the nation's largest education reform experiment. She was a founding member of the outlet's Charter School Reporting Corps and was instrumental in holding schools accountable to sunshine laws during the rapid expansion of charter schools in the city.