Saint Lucia was the top-performing country in this year’s Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA), earning the top two spots and outperforming other countries in every subject.
The island’s national average rose from 77.24% in 2025 to 79.26% this year, with improvements in all four subject areas, according to Chief Education Officer Beverley Dieudonne.
Language Arts scores went up from 79.95% to 81.63%. Science reached 80.09%, and Social Studies rose to 80.07%. Mathematics also improved, rising from 72.45% to 74.69%%, but it remains the lowest-performing subject.
“This tells us that the targeted interventions we introduced, guided by assessment data, are producing positive results,” Dieudonne said.
The Montessori Centre stood out again this year, with four students among the top performers. Emerald Alfred earned the highest score in both Saint Lucia and the region with 99.2%.
Alexander Charles of the Augier Combined School placed second in the region with 99.0%, just 0.2 points behind the top score.
“We must celebrate our students,” said Minister in the Ministry of Education Danny Butcher, as he congratulated the 1,890 students who sat the examination.
District One led with an average of 84.66%, followed by District Seven at 81.18% and District Two at 80.73%.
The results showed that girls continued to outperform boys nationwide. Female students averaged 80.47%, while male students averaged 77.93%, with girls scoring higher in every subject.
Education Minister Kenson Casimir acknowledged the gap, saying the Ministry remains committed to helping boys improve their performance.
“This ministry continues to take that gap seriously rather than treating it as a footnote, and we will be expanding literacy engagements and other interventions specifically targeted at boys in the early primary grades,” Casimir said.
The top-performing students are as follows:
1st (99.2%)
- Emerald Alfred (The Montessori Centre)
2nd (99.0%)
- Alexander Charles (Augier Combined School)
3rd (98.8%)
- Angelina Chreiki (The Montessori Centre)
4th (98.6%)
- Ahil Auguste (Camille Henry Memorial School)
5th (98.2%)
- Aria Gustave (Balata Combined School)
- Iouanola Finisterre (Dame Pearlette Louisy Primary School)
7th (98.0%)
- Grace Herman (Augier Combined School)
- Nathan Laurencin (Carmen Renee Memorial School)
9th (97.8%)
- Camiya Fame Donaie (River Doree Combined School)
- Caitlyn Lenya Montoute (Anse La Raye Primary School)
- Anton D’Auvergne (St. Aloysius R.C. Boys’ Primary School)
- Ervell Beaubrun (Soufrière Primary School)
- Liam Freeman (Camille Henry Memorial School)
- Brielle Mayers (Carmen Renee Memorial School)
- Danielle Farida (The Montessori Centre)
- Newt Leonce (The Montessori Centre)
