Best Schools for Low-income Students in Louisiana (2026)

These are the Louisiana public schools where low-income 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 low-income 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	Claiborne Fundamental Elementary School Shreveport	98%	98%	120	B
2	Phoenix Magnet Elementary School Alexandria	98%	98%	87	A
3	Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts Baton Rouge	98%	98%	85	A+
4	Ray St. Pierre Academy for Advanced Studies Westwego	98%	98%	78	A+
5	Airline Park Academy for Advanced Studies Metairie	95%	95%	39	A+
6	South Highlands Elementary Magnet School Shreveport	95%	95%	43	B
7	Fairfield Magnet School Shreveport	95%	95%	50	A
8	T. S. Cooley Elementary Magnet School Lake Charles	95%	95%	32	B
9	B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet Baton Rouge	95%	95%	54	A+
10	Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School Baton Rouge	95%	95%	60	A+
11	Metairie Academy for Advanced Studies Metairie	95%	95%	37	A
12	Gretna No. 2 Academy for Advanced Studies Gretna	95%	95%	60	A+
13	Eden Gardens Fundamental Elementary School Shreveport	95%	95%	41	A+
14	Indian Bayou Elementary School Rayne	95%	95%	43	A+
15	Claiborne School West Monroe	98%	92%	162	C+
16	Vincent Settlement Elementary School Sulphur	92%	98%	92	B
17	North Larose Elementary School Larose	92%	92%	71	A+
18	Eastside Elementary School Denham Springs	92%	92%	108	A+
19	Folsom Elementary School Folsom	92%	92%	123	B
20	Mandeville Elementary School Mandeville	90%	90%	29	A+
21	Kingston Elementary School Benton	87%	92%	104	A+
22	LeBleu Settlement Elementary School Lake Charles	92%	87%	138	A+
23	Stockwell Place Elementary School Bossier City	87%	92%	133	A+
24	Ernest Gallet Elementary School Youngsville	92%	87%	165	A+
25	Bourg Elementary School Bourg	87%	92%	92	A+

Middle schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Lake Forest Elementary Charter School New Orleans	100%	100%	347	A+
2	Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School Shreveport	100%	97%	331	B+
3	Mayfair Laboratory School Baton Rouge	98%	98%	125	A
4	Caroline Dormon Junior High School Woodworth	98%	98%	84	B+
5	Bayou Community Academy Charter School Thibodaux	98%	98%	104	B+
6	Sherwood Middle Academic Academy Baton Rouge	98%	95%	332	A+
7	Stephensville Elementary School Morgan City	95%	95%	48	C+
8	Evangeline Elementary School Evangeline	87%	98%	97	A
9	Egan Elementary School Egan	98%	87%	66	B+
10	McKinley Middle Magnet School Baton Rouge	98%	86%	407	A+
11	J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School Monroe	92%	92%	170	A
12	Palmetto Elementary School Palmetto	92%	92%	96	C+
13	Dularge Elementary School Houma	92%	92%	144	A+
14	Forked Island/E. Broussard Elem School Abbeville	92%	92%	118	B
15	Herndon Magnet School Belcher	92%	92%	192	A+
16	Mermentau Elementary School Mermentau	85%	95%	51	B+
17	N.S.U. Middle Lab School Natchitoches	95%	85%	45	A+
18	Sixth Ward Middle School Thibodaux	92%	87%	121	A
19	Mulberry Elementary School Houma	92%	82%	218	B+
20	Belle Chasse Academy Belle Chasse	92%	82%	273	B+
21	Southeastern LA University Lab School Hammond	95%	75%	49	A+
22	Branch Elementary School Branch	87%	82%	97	C+
23	Coteau Elementary School New Iberia	82%	87%	127	A
24	Loreauville Elementary School Loreauville	87%	82%	190	C+
25	Peabody Montessori Elementary School Alexandria	82%	87%	139	B

High schools

#	School	Reading	Math	Tested	Overall Repit grade
1	Morehouse Magnet School Bastrop	98%	98%	90	A+
2	Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy Avondale	98%	98%	192	A+
3	Haynes Academy School for Advanced Studies Metairie	98%	98%	183	A+
4	Baton Rouge Magnet High School Baton Rouge	98%	98%	149	A+
5	Caddo Parish Magnet High School Shreveport	98%	98%	74	A+
6	Benjamin Franklin High School New Orleans	98%	98%	98	A+
7	The Willow School New Orleans	98%	98%	243	A+
8	LSU Laboratory School Baton Rouge	95%	95%	32	A+
9	New Orleans Center for Creative Arts New Orleans	95%	95%	33	A+
10	Thomas Jefferson High School for Advanced Studies Gretna	95%	95%	47	A+
11	Liberty High School Baton Rouge	98%	92%	214	A+
12	Benton High School Benton	98%	92%	84	A+
13	Erath High School Erath	92%	92%	92	A+
14	Avoyelles Public Charter School Mansura	92%	92%	218	A+
15	Early College Academy Lafayette	90%	90%	27	A+
16	Central High School Jonesville	95%	85%	34	A+
17	Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts Opelousas	98%	82%	100	A+
18	Anacoco High School Anacoco	87%	92%	113	A+
19	Kaplan High School Kaplan	92%	87%	67	A+
20	Dutchtown High School Geismar	87%	92%	197	A+
21	Live Oak High School Watson	87%	87%	104	A+
22	St. Amant High School St. Amant	87%	87%	236	A+
23	LA School for Ag Science Bunkie	92%	82%	127	A+
24	North DeSoto High School Stonewall	87%	87%	101	A+
25	North Vermilion High School Maurice	87%	87%	75	A+

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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