Best Public Schools in Denham Springs, LA

Summary:

The city of Denham Springs, Louisiana is home to 17 schools that serve students from elementary through high school, all part of the Livingston Parish school district. This district is ranked 14 out of 118 in Louisiana and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating a strong educational system.

Several schools in Denham Springs stand out as high-performing, including Juban Parc Elementary School, which is ranked 52 out of 666 Louisiana elementary schools and has a 5-star rating. Other exceptional elementary schools are Eastside Elementary School, North Live Oak Elementary School, and Denham Springs Elementary School, all of which have impressive test scores and state rankings.

The data also reveals some district-wide challenges, such as a consistent chronic absenteeism rate of 24.6% across all schools. Additionally, there is a range of socioeconomic diversity, with free and reduced-price lunch rates varying from 56.52% at Seventh Ward Elementary to 83.3% at Southside Elementary. Overall, the Denham Springs schools demonstrate a mix of high-performing and average-performing institutions, with several standout elementary schools leading the way.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				LEAP Mathematics (2025)							LEAP English Language Arts (2025)							LEAP Algebra I (2025)	LEAP Geometry (2025)	LEAP English II (2025)	LEAP U.S. History (2025)	LEAP English I (2025)	LEAP Biology (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	LEAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	LEAP Mathematics 4th Grade	LEAP Mathematics 5th Grade	LEAP Mathematics 6th Grade	LEAP Mathematics 7th Grade	LEAP Mathematics 8th Grade	LEAP Mathematics All Grades	LEAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts All Grades	LEAP Algebra I End of Course	LEAP Geometry End of Course	LEAP English II End of Course	LEAP U.S. History End of Course	LEAP English I End of Course	LEAP Biology End of Course	Total
Eastside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9735 Lockhart Road	Denham Springs	70726	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 791-8581	439	36	12.1	67.0%	290 (66.1%)	52 (11.8%)	69 (15.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.7%)	81.9	112^th of 666 public elementary schools	83.2%		92.7	27^th of 675 public elementary schools	96.0%	85	75.0	88.0	80.0				82.0	74.0						86.0							$13,253
Denham Springs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	713 Hatchell Ln	Denham Springs	70726	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 665-5855	678	41	16.3	79.2%	299 (44.1%)	181 (26.7%)	154 (22.7%)	9 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (5.2%)	80.7	121^st of 666 public elementary schools	81.8%		82.8	110^th of 675 public elementary schools	83.7%	11	74.0	82.0	81.0				79.0	73.0	86.0					82.0							$13,005
Denham Springs High School	Public	9-12	1000 North Range Avenue	Denham Springs	70726	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	No	(225) 665-8851	2,385	133	17.9	69.6%	1,373 (57.6%)	446 (18.7%)	496 (20.8%)	25 (1.0%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (1.8%)	70.1	78^th of 329 public high schools	76.3%		67.7	100^th of 333 public high schools	70.0%	22															63.0	66.0	77.0	73.0	77.0	70.0	$11,801
Denham Springs Junior High School	Public	6-8	401 Hatchell Lane	Denham Springs	70726	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 665-8898	811	49	16.3	74.2%	456 (56.2%)	126 (15.5%)	186 (22.9%)	6 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	35 (4.3%)	77.4	105^th of 447 public middle schools	76.5%		74.4	114^th of 449 public middle schools	74.6%	9				77.0	76.0	65.0	74.0					81.0	77.0	82.0							$11,385
Freshwater Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1025 Cockerham Road	Denham Springs	70726	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 665-5371	370	30	12.2	82.4%	200 (54.1%)	70 (18.9%)	75 (20.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.9%)	66.9	246^th of 666 public elementary schools	63.1%		83.4	103^rd of 675 public elementary schools	84.7%	143	75.0	72.0	49.0				66.0	84.0	75.0					81.0							$16,578
Live Oak Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	35194 Old Hwy 16	Denham Springs	70706	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 665-6702	571	40	14.3	79.5%	427 (74.8%)	59 (10.3%)	59 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.6%)	79.5	131^st of 666 public elementary schools	80.3%		80.6	129^th of 675 public elementary schools	80.9%	2	78.0	77.0					78.0	79.0	81.0					80.0							$13,831
Northside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1090 Robbie Street	Denham Springs	70726	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 664-4223	466	37	12.5	78.5%	198 (42.5%)	63 (13.5%)	180 (38.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.2%)	65.3	255^th of 666 public elementary schools	61.7%		58	304^th of 675 public elementary schools	55.0%	49	73.0	77.0	44.0				65.0	71.0	72.0	87.0				76.0							$12,715
Seventh Ward Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	24495 Hwy 16	Denham Springs	70726	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 665-5815	382	27	14.0	61.8%	257 (67.3%)	55 (14.4%)	45 (11.8%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.5%)	79	138^th of 666 public elementary schools	79.3%		74	181^st of 675 public elementary schools	73.2%	43	77.0	84.0					76.0	70.0	85.0					82.0							$13,492
Southside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	12565 Brown Rd	Denham Springs	70726	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 665-5500	534	38	14.0	89.0%	146 (27.3%)	67 (12.5%)	296 (55.4%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.6%)	59.1	308^th of 666 public elementary schools	53.8%		65.2	259^th of 675 public elementary schools	61.6%	49	63.0	71.0	61.0				64.0	62.0	79.0	70.0				70.0							$11,987
Southside Junior High School	Public	6-8	26535 Hwy 16	Denham Springs	70726	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 664-4221	536	31	17.4	78.4%	243 (45.3%)	97 (18.1%)	169 (31.5%)	13 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.4%)	58	191^st of 447 public middle schools	57.3%		54	215^th of 449 public middle schools	52.1%	24				62.0	58.0	52.0	57.0				73.0	73.0	77.0	73.0	100.0						$12,354
Lewis Vincent Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7686 Vincent Road	Denham Springs	70726	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 665-8198	487	35	13.7	71.3%	279 (57.3%)	73 (15.0%)	104 (21.4%)	9 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.3%)	73.7	184^th of 666 public elementary schools	72.4%		77.7	152^nd of 675 public elementary schools	77.5%	32	82.0	66.0	67.0				71.0	79.0	82.0	75.0				79.0							$13,291
North Live Oak Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	36605 Outback Road	Denham Springs	70706	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	No	(225) 667-3135	615	39	15.8	65.0%	486 (79.0%)	57 (9.3%)	43 (7.0%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.7%)	87.9	73^rd of 666 public elementary schools	89.0%					(n/a)	82.0	87.0					85.0	84.0	87.0					86.0							$13,608
Gray's Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11400 La Hwy 1033	Denham Springs	70726	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 667-1808	475	38	12.5	76.4%	297 (62.5%)	82 (17.3%)	70 (14.7%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.0%)	66	253^rd of 666 public elementary schools	62.0%		57.1	317^th of 675 public elementary schools	53.0%	64	64.0	78.0	62.0				68.0	71.0	77.0					76.0							$13,269
Juban Parc Junior High School	Public	6-8	12470 Brown Road	Denham Springs	70726	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	No	(225) 664-1001	564	33	17.0	74.8%	342 (60.6%)	127 (22.5%)	72 (12.8%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.8%)	75.7	112^th of 447 public middle schools	74.9%		66.9	151^st of 449 public middle schools	66.4%	39				73.0	68.0	57.0	67.0				88.0	82.0	83.0	84.0							$13,980
Juban Parc Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	12555 Brown Road	Denham Springs	70726	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	No	(225) 665-4079	416	35	12.0	70.7%	246 (59.1%)	87 (20.9%)	50 (12.0%)	11 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.0%)	89.9	52^nd of 666 public elementary schools	92.2%		90.7	52^nd of 675 public elementary schools	92.3%		88.0	88.0	77.0				86.0	89.0	90.0	88.0				89.0							$14,942
South Fork Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	23000 Walker Road South	Denham Springs	70726	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 664-2281	685	44	15.4	86.0%	327 (47.7%)	223 (32.6%)	94 (13.7%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (5.4%)	54.1	335^th of 666 public elementary schools	49.7%		47.6	379^th of 675 public elementary schools	43.9%	44	72.0	66.0	41.0				60.0	69.0	71.0					74.0							$12,327

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.

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