Best Elementary Schools in Louisiana

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 666)	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
11	Morehouse Magnet School	Public, Magnet, Alternative	PK, KG-12	909 Larche Lane	Bastrop	71220	Morehouse Parish	Morehouse Parish	No	Yes	No	Yes	(318) 281-3126	284	24	11.8	72.2%	70 (24.6%)	197 (69.4%)	8 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.5%)	$22,261							96.6	96.5	10	1		220111000778
12	J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1207 Washington Street	Monroe	71201	Ouachita Parish	City of Monroe School District	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 322-8976	458	35	13.2	71.6%	6 (1.3%)	444 (96.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.7%)	$16,034							96.5	92.8	26	14		220108000790
13	Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	537 Avenue D	Westwego	70094	Jefferson Parish	Jefferson Parish	No	Yes	No	No	(504) 347-4739	354	21	16.7	45.8%	109 (30.8%)	117 (33.1%)	29 (8.2%)	84 (23.7%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.1%)	$14,063							95.9	96.3	11	2		220084002268
14	N.S.U. Elementary Lab School	Public	PK, KG-5	#1 Caldwell NSU Campus-W Easto	Natchitoches	71497	Natchitoches Parish	Natchitoches Parish	No	No	No	No	(318) 238-6385	290	18	16.3	31.4%	206 (71.0%)	47 (16.2%)	16 (5.5%)	7 (2.4%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.8%)	$16,912							95.7			(n/a)		220114000836
15	Lake Forest Elementary Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	11110 Lake Forest Blvd	New Orleans	70128	Orleans Parish	Lake Forest Elementary Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(504) 826-7140	691	46	15	72.8%	4 (0.6%)	570 (82.5%)	17 (2.5%)	82 (11.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.6%)	$14,990							95.6	97.6	1	14		220028201937
16	Prien Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3741 Nelson Road	Lake Charles	70605	Calcasieu Parish	Calcasieu Parish	No	No	No	No	(337) 217-4910	639	50	12.8	41.2%	370 (57.9%)	164 (25.7%)	45 (7.0%)	25 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.3%)	$14,773							95.3	94.6	18	2		220033000259
17	Ruppel Academie Francaise	Public	PK, KG-8	815 Huey P Long Ave	Gretna	70053	Jefferson Parish	Jefferson Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(504) 361-8905	362	26	13.7	60.5%	102 (28.2%)	154 (42.5%)	45 (12.4%)	49 (13.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.0%)	$15,280							95.1	97.4	6	11		220084002464
18	Delcambre Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	706 Martin Luther King Drive	Delcambre	70528	Vermilion Parish	Iberia Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 685-2376	472	30	15.5	59.7%	337 (71.4%)	45 (9.5%)	54 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.0%)	$13,343							94.8	93.7	23	5		220072001585
19	BASIS Baton Rouge Materra Campus	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-10	7550 McCall Drive	Baton Rouge	70817	East Baton Rouge Parish	East Baton Rouge Parish	Yes	No	No	No	(225) 394-9576	888	1	1741.1	33.4%	437 (49.2%)	198 (22.3%)	63 (7.1%)	138 (15.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (5.7%)	$8,427							94.8	92.3	35	16		220054002451
20	Myrtle Place Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1100 Myrtle Place Boulevard	Lafayette	70506	Lafayette Parish	Lafayette Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 521-7760	384	21	18	30.2%	284 (74.0%)	78 (20.3%)	8 (2.1%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	$15,327							94.6	96	12	8		220087000685

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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 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.

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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.