Best Cities in Louisiana for Schools

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Rank (of 255)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
1^st	Woodworth	1	0	0	0	0	0.961	3	2
2^nd	Urania	0	1	0	0	0	0.96	11	9
3^rd	Belcher	1	0	0	0	0	0.958	2	1
4^th	Choudrant	1	0	1	0	0	0.957	18	14
5^th	Geismar	2	1	1	0	0	0.945	10	5
6^th	Norco	1	0	0	0	0	0.914	4	2
7^th	Madisonville	2	1	0	0	1	0.914	14	7
8^th	Erath	1	1	1	0	0	0.913	12	4
9^th	Lockport	2	1	0	0	0	0.906	13	4
10^th	Mandeville	6	7	3	1	4	0.905	16	6
11^th	Evangeline	1	0	0	0	0	0.905	1	10
12^th	Pierre Part	1	0	0	0	0	0.904	29	17
13^th	Prairieville	7	3	1	0	0	0.903	20	7
14^th	Benton	2	2	1	0	0	0.903	17	3
15^th	Belle Chasse	3	1	1	0	1	0.901	21	6
16^th	Watson	1	2	1	0	0	0.893	15	1
17^th	Anacoco	1	0	1	0	0	0.889	6	11
18^th	Delcambre	1	0	1	0	0	0.878	8	10
19^th	Egan	1	0	0	0	0	0.876	5	14
20^th	Saint Amant	2	1	1	0	1	0.865	23	3
21^st	Maurice	2	1	1	0	0	0.865	9	12
22^nd	Youngsville	3	1	1	1	1	0.857	19	3
23^rd	Estherwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.854	7	16
24^th	Destrehan	2	1	1	0	1	0.852	31	7
25^th	Sorrento	2	0	0	0	0	0.851	22	3
26^th	Stonewall	2	1	1	0	0	0.85	24	2
27^th	Mermentau	1	0	0	0	0	0.847	34	7
28^th	Paradis	1	1	0	0	0	0.842	35	7
29^th	Saint Francisville	2	1	1	0	0	0.838	30	1
30^th	Loreauville	1	0	1	0	0	0.834	32	2
31^st	Provencal	1	0	0	0	0	0.829	27	4
32^nd	Trout	1	0	0	0	0	0.828	53	21
33^rd	Bush	1	0	0	0	0	0.824	39	6
34^th	French Settlement	1	0	1	0	0	0.82	41	7
35^th	Marthaville	1	0	0	0	0	0.813	47	12
36^th	Abita Springs	1	1	0	0	1	0.805	37	1
37^th	Boutte	0	0	1	0	1	0.803	67	30
38^th	Brusly	3	1	1	0	0	0.803	68	30
39^th	Princeton	1	0	0	0	0	0.801	52	13
40^th	Sulphur	8	3	1	1	2	0.797	51	11
41^st	Iota	1	1	1	0	1	0.793	28	13
42^nd	Sterlington	1	1	0	0	0	0.789	25	17
43^rd	Midland	0	0	1	0	0	0.788	123	80
44^th	Montegut	2	1	0	0	0	0.78	44
45^th	Roanoke	0	1	0	0	0	0.777	105	60
46^th	Albany	2	1	1	0	0	0.775	50	4
47^th	Olla	1	0	1	0	0	0.763	57	10
48^th	Zachary	3	2	1	0	1	0.762	40	8
49^th	Dubberly	1	0	0	0	0	0.758	81	32
50^th	Springfield	1	2	1	0	0	0.758	62	12
51^st	Bourg	1	1	1	0	0	0.753	26	25
52^nd	Rosepine	1	0	1	0	0	0.752	43	9
53^rd	Folsom	1	1	0	0	0	0.751	42	11
54^th	Larose	2	1	0	0	1	0.747	36	18
55^th	Kinder	1	1	2	0	0	0.746	69	14
56^th	Haughton	3	1	1	0	0	0.746	73	17
57^th	Deville	2	0	1	0	0	0.744	38	19
58^th	Cut Off	1	0	1	0	0	0.73	79	21
59^th	Jena	3	1	1	0	1	0.728	72	13
60^th	Kaplan	1	1	1	0	1	0.728	48	12
61^st	Denham Springs	12	3	1	0	2	0.722	60	1
62^nd	Krotz Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.718	61	1
63^rd	Broussard	2	1	0	0	2	0.713	86	23
64^th	Berwick	1	1	1	0	1	0.712	80	16
65^th	Palmetto	1	0	0	0	0	0.712	46	19
66^th	Ball	3	0	1	0	0	0.711	66
67^th	Slaughter	1	0	1	0	0	0.707	49	18
68^th	Saint Rose	1	1	0	0	0	0.706	82	14
69^th	Westlake	2	1	1	0	0	0.706	45	24
70^th	Raceland	2	1	1	0	1	0.705	54	16
71^st	Sibley	0	0	1	0	0	0.703	88	17
72^nd	Livingston	2	0	1	0	0	0.696	63	9
73^rd	Longville	1	1	1	0	0	0.694	56	17
74^th	Pineville	4	3	1	2	2	0.691	58	16
75^th	Chauvin	1	0	0	0	0	0.684	33	42
76^th	Natchitoches	4	3	2	1	2	0.684	78	2
77^th	Welsh	1	0	1	0	0	0.671	59	18
78^th	Duson	3	1	0	0	0	0.66	74	4
79^th	Amelia	1	0	0	0	0	0.659	65	14
80^th	Golden Meadow	2	1	0	0	0	0.658	55	25
81^st	Meraux	1	1	0	0	1	0.652	83	2
82^nd	Dequincy	2	1	1	0	0	0.651	64	18
83^rd	Pearl River	3	1	1	0	1	0.65	100	17
84^th	Walker	4	3	2	1	2	0.65	76	8
85^th	Gueydan	1	0	1	0	0	0.65	119	34
86^th	West Monroe	12	4	2	0	3	0.646	87	1
87^th	Lutcher	0	0	1	0	0	0.642	71	16
88^th	Elm Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.641	96	8
89^th	Scott	3	1	0	0	1	0.636	85	4
90^th	Iowa	1	0	1	0	0	0.635	91	1
91^st	Houma	13	5	3	1	11	0.631	90	1
92^nd	Pollock	1	0	0	0	0	0.622	107	15
93^rd	Saint Bernard	1	1	0	0	0	0.621	136	43
94^th	Abbeville	6	1	1	0	2	0.62	93	1
95^th	Galliano	1	0	0	0	0	0.616	101	6
96^th	Gonzales	5	2	1	0	4	0.611	95	1
97^th	Thibodaux	8	2	1	1	4	0.599	114	17
98^th	Many	2	1	1	0	0	0.598	111	13
99^th	Boothville	1	0	0	0	0	0.597	108	9
100^th	Branch	1	0	1	0	0	0.596	191	91
101^st	Rayne	5	1	1	0	1	0.592	94	7
102^nd	Buras	0	0	1	0	0	0.589	127	25
103^rd	Zwolle	1	0	1	0	0	0.588	103
104^th	Basile	1	0	1	0	0	0.588	92	12
105^th	Leesville	3	2	2	1	2	0.587	89	16
106^th	Luling	3	1	0	0	0	0.587	75	31
107^th	Jennings	1	0	1	1	2	0.583	131	24
108^th	Chataignier	1	0	0	0	0	0.58	106	2
109^th	Oak Grove	1	0	1	0	0	0.579	102	7
110^th	Effie	1	0	0	0	0	0.574	77	33
111^th	Oakdale	1	1	1	0	1	0.573	128	17
112^th	Lake Arthur	1	0	1	0	0	0.571	70	42
113^th	Arabi	1	0	0	0	0	0.57	142	29
114^th	Harahan	1	0	0	0	2	0.563	159	45
115^th	Lacombe	1	1	0	0	0	0.554	118	3
116^th	Morse	1	0	0	0	0	0.553	134	18
117^th	Lafayette	17	5	10	1	19	0.553	113	4
118^th	Calhoun	2	1	0	0	0	0.551	115	3
119^th	Mangham	1	1	1	0	0	0.548	133	14
120^th	Morgan City	7	1	1	0	2	0.547	140	20
121^st	Napoleonville	1	1	1	0	0	0.542	125	4
122^nd	Forest Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0.542	124	2
123^rd	Patterson	1	1	1	0	0	0.541	126	3
124^th	Schriever	1	1	0	0	0	0.541	120	4
125^th	Gray	0	0	1	0	0	0.538	99	26
126^th	Oberlin	1	0	1	0	0	0.534	130	4
127^th	Vacherie	1	1	1	0	0	0.531	116	11
128^th	Slidell	11	6	3	0	11	0.527	143	15
129^th	Church Point	2	1	1	0	1	0.527	110	19
130^th	Mamou	1	1	1	0	0	0.524	137	7
131^st	Lake Charles	24	5	6	1	9	0.517	132	1
132^nd	New Iberia	11	3	2	0	5	0.513	121	11
133^rd	Port Barre	1	1	1	0	1	0.511	97	36
134^th	Campti	1	0	1	0	0	0.508	171	37
135^th	Lafitte	1	0	0	0	0	0.506	109	26
136^th	Leonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.503	167	31
137^th	Alexandria	14	3	3	4	9	0.497	150	13
138^th	Mansfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.493	186	48
139^th	Covington	4	2	1	2	10	0.489	149	10
140^th	Sunset	1	1	0	0	0	0.484	129	11
141^st	Maringouin	1	0	0	0	0	0.484	104	37
142^nd	Dry Prong	1	1	1	0	0	0.481	148	6
143^rd	Garyville	1	0	0	0	0	0.476	183	40
144^th	Bossier City	13	4	3	0	1	0.475	168	24
145^th	Bastrop	3	0	1	2	1	0.474	144	1
146^th	Port Allen	3	1	1	0	4	0.474	147	1
147^th	Elton	1	0	1	0	1	0.472	138	9
148^th	Gretna	8	1	2	0	6	0.468	178	30
149^th	Arnaudville	0	1	1	0	0	0.462	135	14
150^th	La Place	4	1	0	0	3	0.462	157	7
151^st	Gramercy	0	1	0	0	0	0.454	153	2
152^nd	Arcadia	1	0	1	0	0	0.452	139	13
153^rd	Deridder	3	2	2	0	3	0.45	175	22
154^th	Paulina	1	0	0	0	1	0.449		(n/a)
155^th	Avondale	1	0	2	0	0	0.449	216	61
156^th	Bunkie	1	0	2	1	1	0.446	169	13
157^th	River Ridge	1	0	0	0	1	0.443	187	30
158^th	Franklin	3	1	1	1	2	0.443	158
159^th	Saint Martinville	3	2	2	0	1	0.441	161	2
160^th	Roseland	1	0	0	0	0	0.44	181	21
161^st	Franklinton	3	2	2	0	1	0.44	122	39
162^nd	New Orleans	94	3	39	15	56	0.44	160	2
163^rd	Dubach	1	0	0	0	1	0.439	146	17
164^th	Rosedale	1	0	1	0	0	0.434	151	13
165^th	Farmerville	1	0	1	1	1	0.433	117	48
166^th	Lecompte	1	0	1	0	0	0.432	163	3
167^th	Jefferson	2	0	3	0	0	0.431	152	15
168^th	Plaucheville	1	0	0	0	1	0.428	195	27
169^th	Edgard	1	0	1	0	0	0.425	189	20
170^th	Baldwin	1	1	1	0	0	0.423	155	15
171^st	Eunice	3	2	2	0	2	0.416	164	7
172^nd	Violet	1	0	0	0	0	0.414	208	36
173^rd	Vidalia	2	1	1	0	0	0.413	174	1
174^th	Ville Platte	4	1	1	0	3	0.412	154	20
175^th	Simmesport	1	0	0	0	0	0.412	84	91
176^th	Vinton	1	1	1	0	1	0.409	141	35
177^th	Cecilia	1	1	1	0	0	0.409	170	7
178^th	Port Sulphur	1	0	0	0	0	0.409	198	20
179^th	Ponchatoula	4	2	1	0	1	0.406	193	14
180^th	Jeanerette	2	0	1	0	0	0.402	145	35
181^st	Metairie	13	3	3	0	28	0.398	166	15
182^nd	Cankton	1	0	0	0	0	0.391	165	17
183^rd	Gilbert	1	0	0	0	0	0.389	156	27
184^th	Washington	2	0	2	0	0	0.388	172	12
185^th	Labadieville	1	1	0	0	0	0.38	220	35
186^th	Ruston	6	2	1	1	4	0.38	194	8
187^th	Start	1	0	0	0	0	0.371	184	3
188^th	Winnfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.369	209	21
189^th	Baton Rouge	62	16	22	18	54	0.366	190	1
190^th	Batchelor	1	0	0	0	0	0.365	214	24
191^st	Kenner	8	0	1	1	3	0.359	188	3
192^nd	Fenton	1	0	0	0	0	0.358		(n/a)
193^rd	Grand Coteau	1	0	0	0	2	0.352	112	81
194^th	Sarepta	0	1	0	0	0	0.345	179	15
195^th	Chalmette	3	1	2	0	1	0.342	176	19
196^th	Angie	1	0	0	0	0	0.339	98	98
197^th	Opelousas	4	5	3	1	4	0.339	162	35
198^th	Loranger	1	1	1	0	1	0.334	182	16
199^th	Jackson	1	0	2	0	0	0.33	243	44
200^th	Terrytown	3	1	0	0	2	0.326	230	30
201^st	Baskin	1	0	0	0	0	0.322	200	1
202^nd	Livonia	0	0	1	0	0	0.315	202
203^rd	Marrero	6	1	4	0	7	0.315	201	2
204^th	Breaux Bridge	3	1	1	0	2	0.312	205	1
205^th	Hammond	4	1	1	0	7	0.31	192	13
206^th	Montgomery	1	0	1	0	0	0.309	215	9
207^th	Plaquemine	4	0	1	0	2	0.309	197	10
208^th	Monroe	21	6	7	2	8	0.307	212	4
209^th	Rougon	1	0	0	0	0	0.302	207	2
210^th	Baker	7	1	1	0	2	0.301	185	25
211^th	Coushatta	1	2	1	1	1	0.3	204	7
212^th	Rayville	2	1	1	0	1	0.294	217	5
213^th	Haynesville	1	0	1	0	1	0.293	225	12
214^th	Jonesboro	1	1	1	1	0	0.292	203	11
215^th	Columbia	2	1	1	0	0	0.285	177	38
216^th	Shreveport	34	8	12	5	22	0.283	219	3
217^th	Donaldsonville	2	1	1	0	1	0.279	227	10
218^th	Varnado	0	0	1	0	0	0.278	223	5
219^th	Ferriday	2	1	1	3	1	0.269	231	12
220^th	Clinton	1	1	0	0	2	0.267	199	21
221^st	Westwego	3	1	0	0	2	0.265	218	3
222^nd	Kentwood	3	1	2	0	0	0.262	211	11
223^rd	Lake Providence	1	1	1	0	1	0.262	238	15
224^th	Carencro	1	1	0	0	1	0.259	222	2
225^th	Harvey	4	0	3	0	2	0.256	213	12
226^th	Jonesville	1	0	1	1	1	0.247	210	16
227^th	White Castle	1	0	1	0	0	0.243	206	21
228^th	Springhill	2	0	1	0	0	0.231	229	1
229^th	Moreauville	0	0	1	0	1	0.227	237	8
230^th	Cotton Valley	1	0	0	0	0	0.223	173	57
231^st	Reserve	1	0	1	0	2	0.222	241	10
232^nd	Mooringsport	1	0	0	0	0	0.207	246	14
233^rd	Pride	1	0	1	0	0	0.206	235	2
234^th	Ringgold	1	0	1	0	0	0.202	180	54
235^th	Belle Rose	1	1	0	0	0	0.197	233	2
236^th	Marksville	1	0	1	0	0	0.197	234	2
237^th	Tickfaw	2	1	0	0	0	0.192	245	8
238^th	Vivian	2	0	1	0	0	0.192	228	10
239^th	Saint Joseph	1	0	1	0	1	0.185	196	43
240^th	Minden	3	1	1	0	1	0.165	232	8
241^st	Lawtell	1	0	0	0	0	0.161	226	15
242^nd	Keithville	1	0	0	0	0	0.156	221	21
243^rd	Delhi	1	1	1	1	0	0.153	224	19
244^th	Amite	1	1	1	0	1	0.148	239	5
245^th	Winnsboro	2	0	1	0	2	0.127	248	3
246^th	Crowley	4	1	1	0	4	0.124	240	6
247^th	Cottonport	1	0	0	0	1	0.107	247
248^th	Fort Necessity	1	0	0	0	0	0.097	242	6
249^th	Tallulah	3	1	2	1	1	0.093	252	3
250^th	Bogalusa	2	0	1	3	2	0.087	236	14
251^st	Independence	1	0	2	0	2	0.061	249	2
252^nd	Homer	1	1	1	0	0	0.054	250	2
253^rd	New Roads	1	0	0	0	3	0.052	251	2
254^th	Greensburg	2	0	1	0	0	0.052	253	1
255^th	Mer Rouge	1	1	0	0	0	0.019	254	1

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