Best High Schools in Louisiana

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 333)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
220180001398	41	Kaplan High School	Public	9-12	200 East Pirate Lane	Kaplan	70548	Vermilion Parish	Vermilion Parish	No	No	No	No	(337) 643-6385	555	23	24.2	54.1%	455 (82.0%)	59 (10.6%)	15 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.7%)	$11,372							82.2	81.2	33	8
220144001139	42	Destrehan High School	Public	9-12	1 Wildcat Ln	Destrehan	70047	St. Charles Parish	St. Charles Parish	No	No	No	No	(985) 764-9946	1,482	90	16.5	44.1%	693 (46.8%)	514 (34.7%)	194 (13.1%)	30 (2.0%)	6 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (3.0%)	$18,871							82.1	74.1	55	13
220021502348	43	JS Clark Leadership Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1517 Stateman Rd.	Opelousas	70570	St. Landry Parish	JS Clark Leadership Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(337) 418-4222	301	25	12.2	96.7%	0 (0.0%)	300 (99.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,851							81.9	68.5	93	50
220072000523	44	Loreauville High School	Public	7-12	410 North Main Street	Loreauville	70552	Iberia Parish	Iberia Parish	No	No	No	No	(337) 229-4701	569	28	20.1	45.2%	437 (76.8%)	97 (17.0%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.7%)	$11,339							81.7	77.5	42	2
220102000755	45	Albany High School	Public	9-12	29710 Mulberry Street	Albany	70711	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	No	(225) 567-6000	622	32	19.4	68.3%	483 (77.7%)	76 (12.2%)	53 (8.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	$10,921							81.3	75.2	50	5
220054002342	46	Liberty High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	1105 Lee Drive	Baton Rouge	70808	East Baton Rouge Parish	East Baton Rouge Parish	No	Yes	No	Yes	(225) 924-9406	1,208	66	18.1	59.9%	125 (10.3%)	925 (76.6%)	104 (8.6%)	31 (2.6%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	18 (1.5%)	$13,350							81.2	85.9	20	26
220051001579	47	North DeSoto High School	Public	9-12	2571 Hwy. 171	Stonewall	71078	De Soto Parish	DeSoto Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 925-6917	836	49	16.8	35.6%	569 (68.1%)	185 (22.1%)	37 (4.4%)	4 (0.5%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	35 (4.2%)	$15,693							81	87.1	17	30
220039000289	48	Grand Lake High School	Public	7-12	1039 Hwy 384 Grand Lake	Lake Charles	70607	Calcasieu Parish	Cameron Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 905-2231	340	29	11.7	37.9%	292 (85.9%)	7 (2.1%)	37 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)								80.6	78.1	38	10
220165002255	49	Lakeshore High School	Public	9-12	26301 Highway 1088	Mandeville	70488	St. Tammany Parish	St. Tammany Parish	No	No	No	No	(985) 624-5046	949	54	17.7	33.9%	671 (70.7%)	148 (15.6%)	78 (8.2%)	10 (1.1%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (4.0%)	$13,810							79.7	74	57	8
220165001650	50	Northshore High School	Public	9-12	100 Panther Drive	Slidell	70461	St. Tammany Parish	St. Tammany Parish	No	No	No	No	(985) 649-6400	1,681	82	20.3	32.4%	1,066 (63.4%)	351 (20.9%)	164 (9.8%)	46 (2.7%)	4 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (3.0%)	$12,360							79.5	80.1	36	14

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on LEAP Algebra I, LEAP Geometry, LEAP English II, LEAP U.S. History, LEAP English I, LEAP Biology test scores released by the Louisiana Dept of Education.
These rankings were last updated on July 24, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Louisiana Dept of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Louisiana Dept of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Louisiana Dept of Education.