Best Schools for Black Students in Louisiana (2026)

These are the Louisiana public schools where black students scored highest on the state reading and math tests, ranked by the average of the two proficiency rates. Only schools with at least 20 tested black students are included. The list reflects how students in this group perform at each school; it is not a ranking of schools by their demographic makeup.

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Elementary schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School Baton Rouge	98%	98%	79	A+
2	Phoenix Magnet Elementary School Alexandria	98%	98%	62	A
3	Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts Baton Rouge	98%	98%	109	A+
4	Claiborne Fundamental Elementary School Shreveport	98%	98%	184	B
5	Eden Gardens Fundamental Elementary School Shreveport	95%	95%	54	A+
6	Oak Grove Primary School Prairieville	95%	95%	53	A+
7	Kingston Elementary School Benton	95%	95%	40	A+
8	Fairfield Magnet School Shreveport	95%	95%	44	A
9	South Highlands Elementary Magnet School Shreveport	95%	95%	44	B
10	T. S. Cooley Elementary Magnet School Lake Charles	95%	95%	36	B
11	Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies Gretna	95%	95%	57	A+
12	Folsom Elementary School Folsom	95%	95%	32	B
13	Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies Westwego	98%	92%	61	A+
14	B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet Baton Rouge	98%	92%	77	A+
15	LeBleu Settlement Elementary School Lake Charles	90%	90%	22	A+
16	Elton Elementary School Elton	90%	90%	30	C+
17	North Live Oak Elementary School Denham Springs	90%	90%	21	A+
18	N.S.U. Elementary Lab School Natchitoches	90%	90%	21	A
19	Kaplan Elementary School Kaplan	90%	90%	23	A+
20	Seventh Ward Elementary School Abbeville	90%	90%	23	A+
21	Delcambre Elementary School Delcambre	90%	90%	23	A+
22	Bayou Woods Elementary School Slidell	95%	85%	39	A+
23	Forest Heights Academy of Excellence Baton Rouge	92%	87%	203	C+
24	Ernest Gallet Elementary School Youngsville	87%	87%	67	A+
25	Stockwell Place Elementary School Bossier City	82%	92%	95	A+

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Lake Forest Elementary Charter School New Orleans	100%	98%	359	A+
2	Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School Shreveport	100%	97%	354	B+
3	Mayfair Laboratory School Baton Rouge	98%	98%	116	A
4	Bayou Community Academy Charter School Thibodaux	95%	95%	51	B+
5	Sherwood Middle Academic Academy Baton Rouge	97%	93%	317	A+
6	McKinley Middle Magnet School Baton Rouge	98%	87%	576	A+
7	Herndon Magnet School Belcher	92%	92%	82	A+
8	J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School Monroe	92%	92%	193	A
9	Palmetto Elementary School Palmetto	92%	92%	67	C+
10	N.S.U. Middle Lab School Natchitoches	90%	90%	28	A+
11	Dularge Elementary School Houma	95%	85%	34	A+
12	Loreauville Elementary School Loreauville	95%	75%	53	C+
13	Lake Harbor Middle School Mandeville	95%	75%	48	A+
14	BASIS Baton Rouge Materra Campus Baton Rouge	85%	85%	51	A+
15	Prairieville Middle School Prairieville	87%	82%	193	B+
16	Pesson Addition Elementary School New Iberia	82%	82%	197	C
17	Belle Chasse Academy Belle Chasse	87%	77%	196	B+
18	Northwestern Middle School Zachary	88%	74%	429	A+
19	Southeastern LA University Lab School Hammond	90%	70%	24	A+
20	Lockport Middle School Lockport	90%	70%	22	A+
21	Crescent Elementary/Junior High School Plaquemine	90%	70%	28	C+
22	Denham Springs Junior High School Denham Springs	87%	72%	83	C+
23	J.C. Ellis School Metairie	87%	72%	82	A
24	Dutchtown Middle School Geismar	87%	72%	229	A
25	Peabody Montessori Elementary School Alexandria	77%	82%	128	B

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	LSU Laboratory School Baton Rouge	98%	98%	81	A+
2	Morehouse Magnet School Bastrop	98%	98%	74	A+
3	The Willow School New Orleans	98%	98%	252	A+
4	Baton Rouge Magnet High School Baton Rouge	98%	98%	134	A+
5	Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy Avondale	98%	98%	89	A+
6	Benjamin Franklin High School New Orleans	98%	95%	64	A+
7	Caddo Parish Magnet High School Shreveport	95%	95%	43	A+
8	Thomas Jefferson High School for Advanced Studies Gretna	95%	95%	31	A+
9	Liberty High School Baton Rouge	98%	92%	254	A+
10	New Orleans Center for Creative Arts New Orleans	90%	90%	25	A+
11	Dutchtown High School Geismar	87%	92%	132	A+
12	Avoyelles Public Charter School Mansura	87%	87%	104	A+
13	Delcambre High School Delcambre	95%	75%	33	A+
14	V. B. Glencoe Charter School Franklin	82%	87%	67	A+
15	Zachary High School Zachary	87%	82%	200	A+
16	LA School for Ag Science Bunkie	92%	77%	84	A+
17	North DeSoto High School Stonewall	85%	85%	37	A+
18	Loreauville High School Loreauville	85%	85%	47	A+
19	Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts Opelousas	92%	77%	89	A+
20	Benton High School Benton	85%	85%	42	A+
21	Merryville High School Merryville	90%	70%	20	A
22	Kinder High School Kinder	90%	70%	22	A+
23	Central High School Baton Rouge	82%	77%	61	A+
24	Acadiana Renaissance Charter Academy Youngsville	85%	75%	59	A+
25	Slaughter Community Charter School Slaughter	85%	75%	59	C+

Source: U.S. Department of Education EDFacts (state assessment results by student group) via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Small schools report results as ranges; we use the midpoint. Methodology

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