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
211	Negreet High School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	4129 Highway 476	Negreet	71460	Sabine Parish	Sabine Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 256-2349	413	32	12.7	63.7%	342 (82.8%)	21 (5.1%)	15 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.9%)	$16,418							71	88.2	63	148		220138001114
212	Krotz Springs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	445 Division Street	Krotz Springs	70750	St. Landry Parish	St. Landry Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 566-3585	211	18	11.9	68.7%	193 (91.5%)	5 (2.4%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.3%)	$15,628							70.9	69.9	223	11		220156001189
213	Lafargue Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3366 Highway 107	Effie	71331	Avoyelles Parish	Avoyelles Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 253-9591	581	30	19.3	67.5%	451 (77.6%)	82 (14.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.9%)	$17,035							70.6	64	266	53		220015000069
214	Ecole Saint-Landry	Public, Charter	K-4	671 Napoleon Ave	Sunset	70584	St. Landry Parish	St. Landry Parish	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(337) 510-3022	213	17	12.2	62.0%	115 (54.0%)	71 (33.3%)	16 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.2%)	$12,826							70.5			(n/a)		220156002522
215	Jesse Owens Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	203 Thirteenth Street	Gueydan	70542	Vermilion Parish	Vermilion Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 536-6541	180	15	12	61.7%	162 (90.0%)	8 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.6%)	$15,790							70.4	73.7	183	32		220180001401
216	St. John Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5566 Elliott Road	Lake Charles	70605	Calcasieu Parish	Calcasieu Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 217-4870	670	52	12.9	65.7%	358 (53.4%)	207 (30.9%)	54 (8.1%)	20 (3.0%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (4.2%)	$15,355							70.3	79.1	140	76		220033000264
217	Oakshire Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	5459 Vicari Street	Houma	70364	Terrebonne Parish	Terrebonne Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(985) 303-4829	576	38	15.3	72.9%	249 (43.2%)	151 (26.2%)	68 (11.8%)	19 (3.3%)	15 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	73 (12.7%)	$12,614							70.3	72	200	17		220174001362
218	Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5701 Hwy 531	Dubberly	71024	Webster Parish	Webster Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 377-2591	427	24	18	54.3%	301 (70.5%)	89 (20.8%)	21 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.7%)	$15,195							69.9	68.8	235	17		220189001440
219	J.I. Barron Senior Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	43655 Trinity Church Road	Pineville	71360	Rapides Parish	Rapides Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 445-6860	924	61	15	64.5%	541 (58.5%)	239 (25.9%)	51 (5.5%)	27 (2.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	63 (6.8%)	$12,985							69.8	69.9	224	5		220129001041
220	Evans High School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	Highway 111	Evans	70639	Vernon Parish	Vernon Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(337) 286-5289	364	29	12.5	76.9%	342 (94.0%)	2 (0.5%)	9 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (1.9%)	$15,850							69.7	77.4	155	65		220183001407

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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.