School stars: District names teachers with highest LEAP growth

St. Mary Parish schools have identified 18 teachers the system calls “proficiency teacher stars,” with a lot of their light shining on Bayou Vista and Berwick elementary schools
The district’s stars are teachers for whom at least 50% of their students have achieved either Mastery or Advanced on the annual LEAP tests required by the state’s accountability system.
Bayou Vista and Berwick each placed five teachers on the list and accounted for the top two proficiency percentages.
The teachers with the highest percentages of proficient students:
English-language arts
•Angelle Hanagriff, fifth, Berwick Elementary, 62%
•Megan Vining, fifth, Wyandotte Elementary, 58%
•Danielle Ohlin, fourth, Bayou Vista Elementary, 57%
•Hena Beam, fifth, Bayou Vista, 57%
•Gabrielle Bran, Berwick, 56%
•Kayla Perry, third, Bayou Vista, 55%
•Kristie Landry, fifth, Berwick, 54%
•Jessica Catrett, Berwick, 53%
•Kaeley Chiasson, J.S. Aucoin Elementary, 53%
•Carissa Domingue, fifth, Centerville Elementary, 50%
Math
•Heather Crappell, fifth, Bayou Vista, 72%
•May Klein, fourth, Wyandotte, 68%
•Renata Colar, fourth, Raintree Elementary, 62%
•Madeline Albritton, fourth, J.S. Aucoin, 58%
•Victoria Duplantis, third, Berwick, 54%
Science
•Desaraye Johnson, fifth, Centerville, 53%
•Jennifer Cooper, fifth, Bayou Vista, 51%
•Amber Rogers, fifth, Wyandotte, 50%
The state will release social studies results later this year.
The 2025 LEAP results identified Julia B. Maitland Elementary has having the biggest improvement in combined scores eight percentage point improvement over 2024.
LaGrange Elementary, which had an F school grade in 2024, was close behind Maitland with a seven-point improvement in 2025.
Among high schools, Patterson High was the leader with a three-point improvement.
The scores revealed some challenges, too. Eleven of 21 schools saw their scores drop.