By Kyle Roberts
Lincoln Parish remains an A school district following the release of this years School Performance Scores with a 2024 SPS of 92.9, as Ruston High, Choudrant High and A.E. Phillips Lab all earning A rankings at each respective school.
Lincoln Parish’s 92.9 is 0.5 lower than 2023 but still an A grade overall.
“We’re proud of the work that our faculty, students, and parents have all done along with our administrators,” Lincoln Parish School Board Superintendent Ricky Durrett said. “We did drop half a point, but we’re pleased to still be ranked eighth in the state.”
Ruston High (107.5) and Dubach School (76.2) both improved by over two points compared to last year, while Choudrant (107.5) remained fairly steady with a 0.1 improvement.
“Our largest school in the district continues to grow and does great,” Durrett said of Ruston High. “And it’s great to see Dubach continue to grow from where they were three to five years ago — they were a D school and now they’re up to a B for two years in a row and maintaining that. I’m really proud of both other them.
“And for Choudrant to remain an A school and move slightly up after adding sixth grade to the high school — it’s a great accomplishment for the faculty, staff, students and community.”
Choudrant Elementary, Simsboro School and Hillcrest Elementary all retained their B status from last year.
Ruston High, Dubach School, Ruston Elementary, Choudrant High, A.E. Phillips and Hillcrest Elementary all earned 2024 Top Gains Honorees for their progress index.
Ruston High, Choudrant High and A.E. Phillips all earned 2024 Opportunity Honorees for outperforming the 90th percentile with economically disadvantaged students. Ruston High also earned the opportunity honoree designation for outperforming the 90th percentile for students with disabilities.
While no Lincoln Parish School was graded lower than a C, Durrett acknowledged the school board will continue to assess for ways to improve scores for all schools.
“We’ve actively looked at the reason why we’ve dipped slightly in areas and will continue to implement tiered interventions to make sure students are given every opportunity to master objectives (some examples include Lexia, high dosage tutoring with teachers and On Your Mark, math high dosage tutoring with Imagine learning and Zearn),” Durrett said. “District and school-based instructional teams will continue to monitor and adjust support to address student weaknesses.”
Below are the scores for all schools graded in the parish along with their point changes from 2023 to 2024.
| 2024 SPS | Change | 2023 SPS | |
| Lincoln Parish | 92.9 (A) | -0.5 | 93.4 |
| Ruston High | 107.5 (A) | +2.8 | 104.7 |
| Dubach School | 78.7 (B) | +2.5 | 76.2 |
| Choudrant High | 107.5 (A) | +0.1 | 107.4 |
| Ruston Elementary | 74.8 (C) | -0.9 | 75.7 |
| Choudrant Elementary | 88.1 (B) | -1.0 | 89.1 |
| Simsboro High School | 87.7 (B) | -1.6 | 89.3 |
| Ruston Junior High | 71.4 (C) | -1.9 | 73.3 |
| A.E. Phillips | 117.8 (A) | -2.1 | 119.9 |
| Hillcrest Elementary | 75.9 (B) | -3.6 | 79.5 |
| I.A. Lewis | 60.3 (C) | -4.2 | 64.5 |
| Glen View Elementary | 71.2 (C) | -5.6 | 76.8 |
| Cypress Springs Elementary | 69.7 (C) | -6.2 | 75.9 |
Cedar Creek and Lincoln Preparatory School were not included in this data and are graded separately by their own criteria.
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