Best Elementary Schools in Louisiana

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the LEAP test scores by the Louisiana Dept of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 675)	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)
220171001332	271	Tensas Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	Frontage Road	Saint Joseph	71366	Tensas Parish	Tensas Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 766-3346	178	11	16.1	82.6%	27 (15.2%)	145 (81.5%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.2%)	$23,961							63.5	45.1	424	153
220120000986	272	Central Elementary School	Public	3-5	1163 Highway 151 S	Calhoun	71225	Ouachita Parish	Ouachita Parish	No	No	No	No	(318) 644-5842	439	21	21.1	57.9%	400 (91.1%)	17 (3.9%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.1%)	$12,472							63.1	64.1	283	11
220090000704	273	Galliano Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	148 W. 158TH Street	Galliano	70354	Lafourche Parish	Lafourche Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(985) 632-7211	384	21	18.1	69.3%	221 (57.6%)	8 (2.1%)	105 (27.3%)	3 (0.8%)	21 (5.5%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (6.5%)	$12,830							62.8	77.4	164	109
220165001289	274	Pine View Middle School	Public	4-6	1200 West 27th Avenue	Covington	70433	St. Tammany Parish	St. Tammany Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(985) 892-6204	635	37	17.1	61.9%	329 (51.8%)	167 (26.3%)	108 (17.0%)	7 (1.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.5%)	$15,000							62.7	64.6	280	6
220165001271	275	Carolyn Park Middle	Public	4-6	35708 Liberty Drive	Slidell	70460	St. Tammany Parish	St. Tammany Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(985) 643-8593	247	17	14.5	70.0%	59 (23.9%)	120 (48.6%)	46 (18.6%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	19 (7.7%)	$17,125							62.6	59.3	320	45
220156001183	276	Glendale Elementary School	Public	K-4	900 West Dean Street	Eunice	70535	St. Landry Parish	St. Landry Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 457-4121	311	18	17.3	77.5%	143 (46.0%)	121 (38.9%)	13 (4.2%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (10.3%)	$13,192							62.6	56.6	345	69
220027001079	277	Princeton Elementary School	Public	4-5	1895 Winfield Road	Princeton	71067	Bossier Parish	Bossier Parish	No	No	No	No	(318) 549-5750	464	24	19.5	56.9%	312 (67.2%)	64 (13.8%)	64 (13.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.7%)	$12,702							62.3	64.4	281	4
220003000002	278	Branch Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	8362 Branch Highway	Branch	70516	Acadia Parish	Acadia Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 334-5708	373	21	17.7	55.5%	305 (81.8%)	41 (11.0%)	14 (3.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.2%)	$11,867							62.3	76.2	174	104
220015902331	279	Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1601 Leonidas Street	New Orleans	70118	Orleans Parish	Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans	Yes	No	No	Yes	(504) 620-5500	1,038	86	12	49.5%	465 (44.8%)	251 (24.2%)	204 (19.7%)	14 (1.3%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	99 (9.5%)	$15,343							62.2	63.8	284	5
220201001479	280	Calvin High School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	223 Second Street	Calvin	71410	Winn Parish	Winn Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 727-8784	322	16	20.1	58.7%	249 (77.3%)	52 (16.1%)	10 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.8%)	$13,616							61.7	29.3	536	256

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on LEAP Mathematics, LEAP English Language Arts 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.