Tri-City high schools get A grades

All three public high schools in the Tri-City area received A grades under the state’s school accountability system, which released its rankings Tuesday.

Berwick, Morgan City and Patterson high schools were all rated as A schools in 2016-17, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.
Berwick Junior High received an A. Morgan City and Patterson junior highs received C grades.

Bayou Vista, M.E. Norman and Wyandotte elementary schools received A grades.

Hattie Wattts, Berwick and J.S. Aucoin elementary schools received B grades, and Julia Maitland was graded C.

Statewide, performance scores for the state’s public schools remained steady for the third year in a row, state education officials said Tuesday, with 20 percent earning an A in the state grading system.