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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 329)	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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
41	Lakeshore High School	Public	9-12	26301 Highway 1088	Mandeville	70488	St. Tammany Parish	St. Tammany Parish	No	No	No	No	(985) 624-5046	835	66	12.6	35.2%	573 (68.6%)	122 (14.6%)	95 (11.4%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (4.7%)	$16,489							81.6	79.7	49	8		220165002255
42	North DeSoto High School	Public	9-12	2571 Hwy. 171	Stonewall	71078	De Soto Parish	DeSoto Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 925-6917	817	55	14.9	40.6%	540 (66.1%)	191 (23.4%)	37 (4.5%)	4 (0.5%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	39 (4.8%)	$16,871							81	81	47	5		220051001579
43	D'Arbonne Woods Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	9560 Hwy. 33	Farmerville	71241	Union Parish	D'Arbonne Woods Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(318) 368-8051	993	72	13.8	59.3%	780 (78.5%)	38 (3.8%)	134 (13.5%)	5 (0.5%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.2%)	$11,979							80.9	86.4	21	22		220014602282
44	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	434	31	14	90.1%	3 (0.7%)	427 (98.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	$16,221							80.8	81.9	43	1		220021502348
45	Bell City High School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	7161 Highway 14 East	Bell City	70630	Calcasieu Parish	Calcasieu Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 217-4500	785	63	12.4	39.5%	691 (88.0%)	27 (3.4%)	34 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (3.6%)	$15,837							80.5	76.6	61	16		220033000217
46	Iota High School	Public	9-12	456 South Fifth Street	Iota	70543	Acadia Parish	Acadia Parish	No	No	No	No	(337) 779-2534	566	32	17.9	39.0%	522 (92.2%)	8 (1.4%)	13 (2.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.5%)	$12,400							80.4	75	67	21		220003000014
47	Southside High School	Public	9-12	312 Almonaster Rd	Youngsville	70592	Lafayette Parish	Lafayette Parish	No	No	No	No	(337) 521-7600	1,833	86	21.3	34.5%	1,235 (67.4%)	377 (20.6%)	92 (5.0%)	50 (2.7%)	7 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (3.9%)	$11,408							79.5	82.9	37	10		220087002442
48	Fontainebleau High School	Public	9-12	100 Bulldog Drive	Mandeville	70471	St. Tammany Parish	St. Tammany Parish	No	No	No	No	(985) 892-7112	1,451	110	13.2	32.2%	1,056 (72.8%)	163 (11.2%)	158 (10.9%)	26 (1.8%)	7 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (2.8%)	$15,440							79.4	66	110	62		220165000412
49	Loreauville High School	Public	7-12	410 North Main Street	Loreauville	70552	Iberia Parish	Iberia Parish	No	No	No	No	(337) 229-4701	576	35	16.4	45.8%	442 (76.7%)	96 (16.7%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.6%)	$13,859							79.1	81.7	44	5		220072000523
50	Maurepas School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	25125 Hwy 22	Maurepas	70449	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 695-6111	301	35	8.5	83.1%	259 (86.0%)	5 (1.7%)	18 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.0%)	$19,626							78.8	72.7	74	24		220102000768

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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 3, 2025, 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.

Educational resources:

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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.