Best Cities in Louisiana for Schools

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Rank (of 258)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Woodworth	1	0	0	0	0	0.966	1
2^nd	Evangeline	1	0	0	0	0	0.961	20	18
3^rd	Egan	1	0	0	0	0	0.958	4	1
4^th	Marthaville	1	0	0	0	0	0.955	43	39
5^th	Belcher	1	0	0	0	0	0.947	3	2
6^th	Erath	1	1	1	0	0	0.942	10	4
7^th	Madisonville	2	1	0	0	1	0.925	7
8^th	Youngsville	3	1	1	1	2	0.923	11	3
9^th	Urania	0	1	0	0	0	0.922	33	24
10^th	Lockport	2	1	0	0	0	0.922	22	12
11^th	Geismar	2	1	1	0	0	0.92	2	9
12^th	Anacoco	1	0	1	0	0	0.915	5	7
13^th	Maurice	1	1	1	0	0	0.912	13
14^th	Palmetto	1	0	0	0	0	0.908	6	8
15^th	Belle Chasse	3	1	1	0	1	0.901	17	2
16^th	Prairieville	7	3	0	0	0	0.895	12	4
17^th	Choudrant	1	0	1	0	0	0.892	9	8
18^th	Mandeville	6	7	3	1	3	0.879	18
19^th	Norco	1	0	0	0	0	0.877	29	10
20^th	Saint Amant	2	1	1	0	1	0.876	19	1
21^st	Watson	1	2	1	0	0	0.873	27	6
22^nd	Sorrento	2	0	0	0	0	0.87	55	33
23^rd	Benton	2	2	1	0	0	0.869	14	9
24^th	Stonewall	2	1	1	0	0	0.867	21	3
25^th	Sterlington	1	1	0	0	0	0.862	23	2
26^th	Mermentau	1	0	0	0	0	0.861	16	10
27^th	Bush	1	0	0	0	0	0.854	37	10
28^th	Delcambre	1	0	1	0	0	0.85	15	13
29^th	Saint Francisville	2	1	1	0	0	0.846	25	4
30^th	Iota	1	1	1	0	1	0.844	30
31^st	Folsom	1	1	0	0	0	0.841	24	7
32^nd	Destrehan	2	1	1	0	1	0.838	35	3
33^rd	Abita Springs	1	1	0	0	1	0.831	38	5
34^th	Paradis	1	1	0	0	0	0.829	31	3
35^th	French Settlement	1	0	1	0	0	0.825	32	3
36^th	Provencal	1	0	0	0	0	0.819	41	5
37^th	Rosepine	1	0	1	0	0	0.817	26	11
38^th	Pierre Part	1	0	0	0	0	0.816	28	10
39^th	Loreauville	1	0	1	0	0	0.815	53	14
40^th	Bourg	1	1	1	0	0	0.809	39	1
41^st	Estherwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.796	8	33
42^nd	Berwick	1	1	1	0	0	0.794	48	6
43^rd	Zachary	3	2	1	0	1	0.791	36	7
44^th	Larose	2	1	0	0	1	0.784	66	22
45^th	Albany	2	1	1	0	0	0.784	34	11
46^th	Kinder	1	1	1	0	0	0.768	51	5
47^th	Kaplan	1	1	1	0	1	0.768	60	13
48^th	Trout	1	0	0	0	0	0.755	49	1
49^th	Livingston	2	0	1	0	0	0.752	74	25
50^th	Boothville	1	0	0	0	0	0.744	70	20
51^st	Slaughter	1	0	1	0	0	0.743	42	9
52^nd	Golden Meadow	2	1	0	0	0	0.742	95	43
53^rd	Pollock	1	0	0	0	0	0.741	177	124
54^th	Cut Off	1	0	1	0	0	0.739	45	9
55^th	Brusly	3	1	1	0	0	0.733	50	5
56^th	Chauvin	1	0	0	0	0	0.73	94	38
57^th	Morse	1	0	0	0	0	0.73	46	11
58^th	Sulphur	8	3	1	1	2	0.729	52	6
59^th	Lutcher	0	0	1	0	0	0.728	82	23
60^th	Deville	2	0	1	0	0	0.726	40	20
61^st	Krotz Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.722	78	17
62^nd	Jena	3	1	1	0	1	0.72	97	35
63^rd	Westlake	2	1	1	0	0	0.719	92	29
64^th	Sibley	0	0	1	0	0	0.715	68	4
65^th	Gray	0	0	1	0	0	0.715	103	38
66^th	Duson	3	1	0	0	0	0.715	76	10
67^th	Montegut	2	1	0	0	0	0.711	57	10
68^th	Denham Springs	12	3	1	0	2	0.71	67	1
69^th	Boutte	0	0	1	0	1	0.709	75	6
70^th	Haughton	3	1	1	0	0	0.705	54	16
71^st	Luling	3	1	0	0	0	0.704	88	17
72^nd	Olla	1	0	1	0	0	0.703	121	49
73^rd	Raceland	2	1	1	0	1	0.7	105	32
74^th	Dequincy	2	1	1	0	0	0.694	91	17
75^th	Springfield	1	2	1	0	0	0.691	71	4
76^th	Schriever	1	1	0	0	0	0.684	157	81
77^th	Broussard	2	1	0	0	1	0.681	61	16
78^th	Pearl River	3	1	1	0	1	0.68	107	29
79^th	Ball	3	0	1	0	0	0.679	59	20
80^th	Saint Bernard	1	1	0	0	0	0.677	89	9
81^st	Meraux	1	1	0	0	0	0.675	47	34
82^nd	Pineville	4	3	1	2	2	0.671	98	16
83^rd	Gonzales	5	2	1	0	4	0.668	108	25
84^th	Calhoun	2	1	0	0	0	0.664	72	12
85^th	Longville	1	1	1	0	0	0.66	115	30
86^th	Rayne	5	1	1	0	1	0.659	96	10
87^th	Scott	3	1	0	0	1	0.655	73	14
88^th	Dubberly	1	0	0	0	0	0.652	170	82
89^th	Saint Rose	1	1	0	0	0	0.652	122	33
90^th	Oak Grove	1	0	1	0	0	0.651	69	21
91^st	Roanoke	0	1	0	0	0	0.65	77	14
92^nd	West Monroe	12	4	2	0	3	0.649	81	11
93^rd	Houma	15	5	3	1	11	0.645	101	8
94^th	Lake Arthur	1	0	1	0	0	0.639	113	19
95^th	Leesville	4	2	2	1	2	0.639	93	2
96^th	Cotton Valley	1	0	0	0	0	0.636	150	54
97^th	Thibodaux	8	2	1	1	3	0.632	123	26
98^th	Forest Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.631	63	35
99^th	Lafitte	1	0	0	0	0	0.63	58	41
100^th	Abbeville	6	1	1	0	2	0.628	85	15
101^st	Walker	4	3	2	1	2	0.627	80	21
102^nd	Dubach	1	0	0	0	0	0.627	79	23
103^rd	Iowa	1	0	1	0	0	0.625	112	9
104^th	Welsh	1	0	1	0	0	0.625	64	40
105^th	Zwolle	1	0	1	0	0	0.617	138	33
106^th	Leonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.616	99	7
107^th	Arnaudville	0	1	1	0	0	0.614	129	22
108^th	Gueydan	1	0	1	0	0	0.614	114	6
109^th	Basile	1	0	1	0	0	0.609	84	25
110^th	Effie	1	0	0	0	0	0.606	118	8
111^th	Arabi	1	0	0	0	0	0.604	100	11
112^th	Amelia	1	0	0	0	0	0.603	128	16
113^th	Mamou	1	1	1	0	0	0.603	147	34
114^th	Church Point	2	1	1	0	1	0.599	86	28
115^th	Dry Prong	1	1	1	0	0	0.599	104	11
116^th	Chataignier	1	0	0	0	0	0.598	145	29
117^th	Galliano	1	0	0	0	0	0.596	44	73
118^th	Branch	1	0	1	0	0	0.594	56	62
119^th	Many	2	1	1	0	0	0.591	111	8
120^th	Franklinton	3	2	2	0	1	0.59	124	4
121^st	Princeton	1	0	0	0	0	0.59	102	19
122^nd	Oberlin	1	0	1	0	0	0.588	110	12
123^rd	New Iberia	12	3	2	0	5	0.582	120	3
124^th	Lafayette	16	5	10	1	19	0.579	132	8
125^th	Grand Coteau	1	0	0	0	1	0.572	174	49
126^th	Buras	0	0	1	0	0	0.57	119	7
127^th	Vacherie	1	1	1	0	0	0.566	83	44
128^th	Morgan City	7	1	1	0	2	0.562	106	22
129^th	Elm Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.56	136	7
130^th	Port Barre	1	1	1	0	1	0.56	139	9
131^st	Eunice	3	2	2	0	1	0.556	125	6
132^nd	Mangham	1	1	1	0	0	0.555	142	10
133^rd	Lacombe	1	1	0	0	0	0.553	90	43
134^th	Cankton	1	0	0	0	0	0.547	179	45
135^th	Arcadia	1	0	1	0	0	0.54	189	54
136^th	Jeanerette	2	0	1	0	0	0.538	158	22
137^th	Simmesport	1	0	0	0	0	0.536	184	47
138^th	Jefferson	2	0	3	0	0	0.531	164	26
139^th	Napoleonville	1	1	1	0	0	0.529	130	9
140^th	Sunset	1	1	0	0	0	0.526	160	20
141^st	Jennings	1	0	1	1	2	0.524	134	7
142^nd	Lake Charles	24	5	6	1	9	0.521	144	2
143^rd	Gramercy	0	1	0	0	0	0.511	87	56
144^th	Slidell	11	6	3	0	10	0.511	117	27
145^th	Natchitoches	4	3	2	1	2	0.51	109	36
146^th	Gibson	1	0	0	0	0	0.507	126	20
147^th	Rosedale	1	0	1	0	0	0.503	131	16
148^th	Patterson	1	1	1	0	0	0.498	141	7
149^th	Harahan	1	0	0	0	2	0.492	116	33
150^th	Vinton	1	1	1	0	1	0.489	154	4
151^st	Franklin	3	1	1	1	2	0.489	162	11
152^nd	Baker	9	1	1	0	2	0.486	196	44
153^rd	Cecilia	1	1	1	0	0	0.48	140	13
154^th	Saint Martinville	3	2	2	0	1	0.478	135	19
155^th	Ville Platte	4	1	1	0	3	0.477	159	4
156^th	Bastrop	3	0	1	2	1	0.469	194	38
157^th	Avondale	1	0	2	0	0	0.468	161	4
158^th	Port Allen	3	1	1	0	4	0.465	143	15
159^th	Farmerville	1	0	1	1	1	0.462	149	10
160^th	Ruston	6	2	1	1	4	0.461	163	3
161^st	Baldwin	1	1	1	0	0	0.46	173	12
162^nd	River Ridge	1	0	0	0	1	0.458	137	25
163^rd	Bunkie	1	0	2	1	1	0.456	127	36
164^th	Alexandria	14	3	3	4	9	0.456	155	9
165^th	Oakdale	1	1	1	0	0	0.456	168	3
166^th	Deridder	4	1	2	0	3	0.453	148	18
167^th	Covington	4	2	1	2	9	0.452	133	34
168^th	Violet	1	0	0	0	0	0.447	239	71
169^th	New Orleans	94	3	39	15	53	0.437	186	17
170^th	Vidalia	2	1	1	0	0	0.435	151	19
171^st	Mansura	0	0	1	1	0	0.433	65	106
172^nd	Washington	2	0	2	0	0	0.433	188	16
173^rd	Bossier City	13	4	3	1	1	0.42	146	27
174^th	Breaux Bridge	3	1	1	0	2	0.419	200	26
175^th	Opelousas	4	5	3	1	4	0.416	171	4
176^th	Plaquemine	4	0	1	0	2	0.406	180	4
177^th	Montgomery	1	0	1	0	0	0.404	167	10
178^th	La Place	4	1	0	0	3	0.397	181	3
179^th	Maringouin	1	0	0	0	0	0.396	183	4
180^th	Plaucheville	1	0	0	0	1	0.387	223	43
181^st	Gretna	8	1	2	0	6	0.382	165	16
182^nd	Columbia	2	1	1	0	0	0.373	185	3
183^rd	Mansfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.373	195	12
184^th	Midland	0	0	1	0	0	0.369	62	122
185^th	Sarepta	0	1	0	0	0	0.367	215	30
186^th	Carencro	1	1	0	0	1	0.367	187	1
187^th	Winnfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.366	156	31
188^th	Baton Rouge	63	18	21	16	54	0.365	193	5
189^th	Chalmette	3	1	2	0	1	0.364	191	2
190^th	Angie	1	0	0	0	0	0.363	182	8
191^st	Kenner	8	0	1	1	3	0.363	166	25
192^nd	Elton	1	0	1	0	1	0.359	153	39
193^rd	Gilbert	1	0	0	0	0	0.356	192	1
194^th	Metairie	13	3	3	0	27	0.354	175	19
195^th	White Castle	1	0	1	0	0	0.352	211	16
196^th	Marrero	6	1	4	0	6	0.349	207	11
197^th	Ponchatoula	4	2	1	0	1	0.347	178	19
198^th	Livonia	0	0	1	0	0	0.339	219	21
199^th	Varnado	0	0	1	0	0	0.336	202	3
200^th	Hammond	4	1	1	0	7	0.335	199	1
201^st	Mooringsport	1	0	0	0	0	0.333	246	45
202^nd	Start	1	0	0	0	0	0.332	238	36
203^rd	Keithville	1	0	0	0	0	0.327	190	13
204^th	Loranger	1	1	1	0	1	0.326	198	6
205^th	Haynesville	1	0	1	0	1	0.324	169	36
206^th	Ringgold	1	0	1	0	0	0.324	233	27
207^th	Jonesville	1	0	1	1	1	0.318	247	40
208^th	Port Sulphur	1	0	0	0	0	0.314	205	3
209^th	Coushatta	2	1	1	1	1	0.314	218	9
210^th	Harvey	4	0	3	0	2	0.304	214	4
211^th	Saint Joseph	1	0	1	0	1	0.301	227	16
212^th	Crowley	4	1	1	0	4	0.296	210	2
213^th	Westwego	3	1	0	0	2	0.292	250	37
214^th	Rougon	1	0	0	0	0	0.291	203	11
215^th	Moreauville	0	0	1	0	1	0.29	229	14
216^th	Kentwood	3	1	2	0	0	0.287	216
217^th	Rayville	2	1	1	0	0	0.286	213	4
218^th	Roseland	1	0	0	0	0	0.284	176	42
219^th	Jonesboro	1	1	1	1	0	0.281	222	3
220^th	Monroe	20	6	7	2	8	0.279	208	12
221^st	Campti	1	0	1	0	0	0.279	224	3
222^nd	Donaldsonville	2	1	1	0	1	0.268	217	5
223^rd	Garyville	1	0	0	0	0	0.259	245	22
224^th	Edgard	1	0	1	0	0	0.258	226	2
225^th	Minden	3	1	1	0	1	0.256	232	7
226^th	Lecompte	1	0	1	0	0	0.255	197	29
227^th	Bogalusa	2	0	1	3	2	0.248	241	14
228^th	Springhill	2	0	1	0	0	0.246	244	16
229^th	Shreveport	36	8	12	5	20	0.242	209	20
230^th	Baskin	1	0	0	0	0	0.24	204	26
231^st	Terrytown	3	1	0	0	2	0.233	212	19
232^nd	Ferriday	2	1	1	3	1	0.224	228	4
233^rd	Delhi	1	1	1	1	0	0.224	234	1
234^th	Clinton	1	1	0	0	2	0.214	235	1
235^th	Reserve	1	0	1	0	2	0.209	242	7
236^th	Marksville	1	0	1	0	0	0.198	221	15
237^th	Lawtell	1	0	0	0	0	0.195	225	12
238^th	Batchelor	1	0	0	0	0	0.177	243	5
239^th	Vivian	2	0	1	0	0	0.172	236	3
240^th	Jackson	1	0	2	0	0	0.158	240
241^st	Labadieville	1	1	0	0	0	0.158	220	21
242^nd	Lake Providence	1	1	1	0	1	0.148	252	10
243^rd	Fort Necessity	1	0	0	0	0	0.148	231	12
244^th	Goldonna	1	0	0	0	0	0.138	206	38
245^th	Crowville	1	0	0	0	0	0.135	237	8
246^th	Amite	1	1	1	0	1	0.133	251	5
247^th	Pride	1	0	1	0	0	0.114	248	1
248^th	Winnsboro	1	0	1	0	2	0.11	255	7
249^th	Belle Rose	1	1	0	0	0	0.102	230	19
250^th	Tickfaw	2	1	0	0	0	0.084	249	1
251^st	New Roads	1	0	0	0	3	0.081	257	6
252^nd	Homer	1	1	1	0	0	0.069	259	7
253^rd	Cottonport	1	0	0	0	1	0.068	260	7
254^th	Independence	1	0	2	0	2	0.057	254
255^th	Greensburg	2	0	1	0	0	0.055	258	3
256^th	Tallulah	3	1	2	1	1	0.053	256
257^th	Colfax	1	0	0	0	0	0.036	262	5
258^th	Mer Rouge	1	1	0	0	0	0.018	261	3

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