Best High Schools in Louisiana

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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
71	C.E. Byrd High School	Public, Magnet	9-12	3201 Line Avenue	Shreveport	71104	Caddo Parish	Caddo Parish	No	Yes	No	No	(318) 869-2567	1,517	76	20	42.7%	721 (47.5%)	620 (40.9%)	107 (7.1%)	12 (0.8%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (3.5%)	$13,379							71.7	70	88	17		220030000147
72	Georgetown High School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	4528 Highway 500	Georgetown	71432	Grant Parish	Grant Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 827-5306	236	22	10.8	60.2%	225 (95.3%)	6 (2.5%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,265							71.6	76.3	63	9		220069000500
73	Zachary High School	Public	9-12	4100 Bronco Lane	Zachary	70791	East Baton Rouge Parish	Zachary Community School District	No	No	No	No	(225) 654-2776	1,726	110	15.6	56.0%	523 (30.3%)	1,064 (61.6%)	65 (3.8%)	20 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (3.1%)	$13,605							71.4	68.6	94	21		220003900450
74	Southern University Laboratory Virtual School	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	129 Swan Street	Baton Rouge	70813	East Baton Rouge Parish	Southern University Lab School	No	No	Yes	Yes	(225) 771-3490	299	0		71.9%	107 (35.8%)	154 (51.5%)	13 (4.3%)	5 (1.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.0%)								71.4	54	161	87		220002302402
75	Sulphur High School	Public	9-12	100 Sycamore Street	Sulphur	70663	Calcasieu Parish	Calcasieu Parish	No	No	No	No	(337) 217-4430	1,911	137	13.9	43.8%	1,444 (75.6%)	188 (9.8%)	171 (8.9%)	29 (1.5%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	73 (3.8%)	$15,543							70.9	70.1	87	12		220033000266
76	Haughton High School	Public	8-12	210 East McKinley Street	Haughton	71037	Bossier Parish	Bossier Parish	No	No	No	No	(318) 549-5450	1,360	71	19.2	46.8%	899 (66.1%)	246 (18.1%)	152 (11.2%)	2 (0.1%)	9 (0.7%)	2 (0.1%)	50 (3.7%)	$13,345							70.4	67.2	103	27		220027000127
77	Central Lafourche High School	Public	9-12	4820 Hwy 1	Raceland	70394	Lafourche Parish	Lafourche Parish	No	No	No	No	(985) 532-3319	1,307	57	22.9	58.0%	865 (66.2%)	187 (14.3%)	123 (9.4%)	4 (0.3%)	34 (2.6%)	2 (0.2%)	92 (7.0%)	$10,155							70.4	72	76	1		220090000699
78	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%)	$11,801							70.1	67.7	100	22		220102000758
79	Lutcher High School	Public	7-12	1910 West Main Street	Lutcher	70071	St. James Parish	St. James Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 258-5300	908	68	13.4	49.8%	474 (52.2%)	412 (45.4%)	10 (1.1%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.8%)	$20,005							69.8	66.8	105	26		220150001163
80	Springfield High School	Public	9-12	27322 LA Hwy 42	Springfield	70462	Livingston Parish	Livingston Parish	No	No	No	No	(225) 294-3256	400	32	12.4	71.0%	324 (81.0%)	55 (13.8%)	11 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.5%)	$14,412							69.7	70.2	86	6		220102000773

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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.
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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.