Best public high schools in Louisiana

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A class of high schoolers as viewed from the rear.
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- Location: Ouachita Parish Public Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 501 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#30. Sterlington High School
A student filling out a scantron form for a multiple choice test.
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- Location: Vermilion Parish Public Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 537 (20:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#29. Erath High School
A student talking to a teacher in the hallway.
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- Location: East Feliciana Parish Public Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 353 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#28. Slaughter Community Charter School
A student standing next to their backpack as seen from the knee down.
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- Location: Terrebonne Parish Public Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 926 (22:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#27. South Terrebonne High School
Students walking down a hallway with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Youngsville, LA
- Enrollment: 1,656 (21:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#26. Acadiana Renaissance Charter Academy
A high school student doing a chemical experiment.
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- Location: Jefferson Parish Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 551 (26:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#25. Thomas Jefferson High School for Advanced Studies
A high school student sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper.
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- Location: Bossier Parish Public Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 1,846 (21:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#24. Airline High School
A student raising their hand in class.
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- Location: Avoyelles Parish Public Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 394 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#23. Louisiana School for the Agricultural Sciences
An empty school hallway lined with red lockers.
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- Location: St. Charles Parish Public Schools, LA•
- Enrollment: 1,382 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#22. Destrehan High School
A student solving a math equation on a whiteboard.
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- Location: Ascension Parish Public Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 2,274 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#21. St. Amant High School
A row of empty desks with notebooks and pencils on them.
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- Location: Farmerville, LA
- Enrollment: 973 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#20. D'Arbonne Woods Charter School
A hallway lined with green lockers.
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- Location: Lincoln Parish Public Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 544 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#19. Simsboro High School
A side view of a person using a laptop in the school library.
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- Location: Caddo Parish Public Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 1,483 (24:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#18. C.E. Byrd High School
An empty classroom as viewed from the back.
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- Location: Baton Rouge, LA
- Enrollment: 1,499 (24:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#17. University Laboratory School
A pencil case full of pens, pencils, and highlighters spilling on a table.
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- Location: Delhi, LA
- Enrollment: 788 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#16. Delhi Charter School
A group of students walking down the hall with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Ascension Parish Public Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 2,531 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#15. Dutchtown High School
An overhead view of high school pupils in group study sitting around circular tables.
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- Location: Lafayette Parish Public Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 263 (33:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#14. Early College Academy
Students using microscopes in science class.
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- Location: Rapides Parish Public Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 1,353 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#13. Alexandria Senior High School
High school students studying and reading together in their school library.
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- Location: Ferriday, LA
- Enrollment: 464 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#12. Delta Charter School MST
Students raising their hands for class participation.
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- Location: Mansura, LA
- Enrollment: 705 (21:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#11. Avoyelles Public Charter School
A stack of textbooks with pens on top of them next to an open notebook.
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- Location: Zachary Community Public Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 1,640 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#10. Zachary High School
Two students sharing a book.
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- Location: Lincoln Parish Public Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 1,271 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#9. Ruston High School
A high school student doing classwork on their laptop.
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- Location: Sabine Parish Public Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 363 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#8. Many High School
A teacher writing an equation on a blackboard using chalk.
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- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Enrollment: 238 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#7. New Orleans Center for Creative Arts
Students' backpacks sitting on a hallway floor.
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- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Enrollment: 1,917 (20:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#6. The Willow School New Orleans
Bookshelves at a high school's library.
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- Location: Caddo Parish Public Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 978 (23:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#5. Caddo Parish Magnet High School
A stack of spiral noteboooks in front of a wooden background.
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- Location: Jefferson Parish Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 818 (26:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#4. Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy
Two rows of red lockers.
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- Location: Jefferson Parish Schools, LA
- Enrollment: 860 (28:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#3. Haynes Academy School for Advanced Studies
Empty desks in a high school classroom.
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- Location: Natchitoches, LA
- Enrollment: 316 (8:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#2. Louisiana School for Math, Science & The Arts
A closeup of a student taking notes in class.
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- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Enrollment: 1,008 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.

#1. Benjamin Franklin High School
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