Best Elementary Schools in Louisiana

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the LEAP test scores by the Louisiana Dept of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 675)	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 (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
220084000622	561	Jefferson School	Public	PK, KG-8	3900 Jefferson Highway	Jefferson	70121	Jefferson Parish	Jefferson Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(504) 733-8201	659	46	14.3	61.2%	133 (20.2%)	248 (37.6%)	257 (39.0%)	10 (1.5%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.2%)	$16,460							21	26.6	554	7
220025202397	562	Northeast Claiborne Charter	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	485 West Holly	Junction City	71749	Union County	Northeast Claiborne Charter	Yes	No	No	Yes	(870) 924-0101	211	6	35.1	83.9%	68 (32.2%)	121 (57.3%)	7 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.1%)	$13,108							20.8	28.6	541	21
220030000196	563	Southern Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9075 Kingston Road	Shreveport	71118	Caddo Parish	Caddo Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 686-1974	633	42	15.2	85.2%	16 (2.5%)	564 (89.1%)	41 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.9%)	$13,932							20.2	25.3	563
220126001034	564	Upper Pointe Coupee Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	4739 LA Highway 419 West	Batchelor	70715	Pointe Coupee Parish	Pointe Coupee Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 492-2555	301	20	14.9	72.1%	43 (14.3%)	184 (61.1%)	69 (22.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$14,388							19.9	13.7	664	100
220027000118	565	Bossier Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1000 Traffic Street	Bossier City	71111	Bossier Parish	Bossier Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 549-6350	227	21	10.9	86.3%	12 (5.3%)	159 (70.0%)	39 (17.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.5%)	$19,687							19.7	25.6	560	5
220054000383	566	Highland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	280 Sunset Blvd	Baton Rouge	70808	East Baton Rouge Parish	East Baton Rouge Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 766-1272	296	25	11.7	54.4%	14 (4.7%)	93 (31.4%)	179 (60.5%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	$15,585							19.5	19.3	616	50
220084000579	567	Judge Lionel R. Collins Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	500 Pine Street	Marrero	70072	Jefferson Parish	Jefferson Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(504) 347-0254	409	30	13.8	74.6%	59 (14.4%)	234 (57.2%)	84 (20.5%)	12 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.9%)	$18,856							19.5	25.8	559	8
220054000416	568	Northeast Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	13801 Pride/Port Hudson Rd.	Pride	70770	East Baton Rouge Parish	East Baton Rouge Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(225) 654-5113	213	16	13.1	74.2%	59 (27.7%)	127 (59.6%)	18 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.2%)	$17,399							19.3	18.1	627	59
220153001493	569	LaPlace Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	393 Greenwood Drive	La Place	70068	St. John the Baptist Parish	St. John the Baptist Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(985) 652-5552	781	56	13.9	73.5%	67 (8.6%)	558 (71.4%)	140 (17.9%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.7%)	$20,176							19.3	20.1	607	38
220120001016	570	Swayze Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2400 Burg Jones Lane	Monroe	71202	Ouachita Parish	Ouachita Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(318) 325-1357	204	17	12	93.6%	0 (0.0%)	204 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,878							19.2	27.3	549	21

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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 24, 2024, 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.