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The highest-poverty public high schools in Louisiana

Across Louisiana, 259 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. St. Helena College and Career Academy leads the list at 100%, against a median of 68.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

259

Louisiana

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

68.3%

HIGHEST POVERTY · LOUISIANA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	St. Helena College and Career Academy	Greensburg, LA	St. Helena Parish	High	435	100%
2	Lakeview Jr./Sr. High School	Campti, LA	Natchitoches Parish	High	261	97.3%
3	Collegiate Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge, LA	Collegiate Baton Rouge	High	530	96.8%
4	Ferriday High School	Ferriday, LA	Concordia Parish	High	289	95.5%
5	Homer High School	Homer, LA	Claiborne Parish	High	237	95.4%
6	Tensas High School	St. Joseph, LA	Tensas Parish	High	147	94.6%
7	Block High School	Jonesville, LA	Catahoula Parish	High	179	94.4%
8	Peabody Magnet High School	Alexandria, LA	Rapides Parish	High	1,071	94.4%
9	Thrive Academy	Baton Rouge, LA	Thrive Academy	High	156	94.2%
10	Abramson Sci Academy	New Orleans, LA	Sci Academy	High	655	94.2%
11	Bogalusa High School	Bogalusa, LA	City of Bogalusa School District	High	656	94.1%
12	G W Carver High School	New Orleans, LA	G W Carver Collegiate Academy	High	771	93.1%
13	General Trass High School	Lake Providence, LA	East Carroll Parish	High	214	93.0%
14	Carroll High School	Monroe, LA	City of Monroe School District	High	577	92.5%
15	Richwood High School	Monroe, LA	Ouachita Parish	High	400	92.5%
16	Kentwood High Magnet School	Kentwood, LA	Tangipahoa Parish	High	259	92.3%
17	Capitol High School	Baton Rouge, LA	East Baton Rouge Parish	High	205	92.2%
18	L.B. Landry High School	New Orleans, LA	Lord Beaconsfield Landry-Oliver Perry Walker High	High	555	91.9%
19	Donaldsonville High School	Donaldsonville, LA	Ascension Parish	High	396	91.2%
20	Natchitoches Central High School	Natchitoches, LA	Natchitoches Parish	High	1,188	90.7%
21	Istrouma High School	Baton Rouge, LA	East Baton Rouge Parish	High	556	90.6%
22	East Feliciana High School	Jackson, LA	East Feliciana Parish	High	231	90.5%
23	Franklin Senior High School	Franklin, LA	St. Mary Parish	High	304	90.5%
24	Wossman High School	Monroe, LA	City of Monroe School District	High	635	90.1%
25	Sarah Towles Reed High School	New Orleans, LA	Sarah Towles Reed High School	High	397	89.4%
26	North Central High School	Washington, LA	St. Landry Parish	High	220	88.6%
27	Amite High Magnet	Amite, LA	Tangipahoa Parish	High	347	88.5%
28	John F. Kennedy High School	New Orleans, LA	John F. Kennedy High School	High	665	88.4%
29	Madison High School	Tallulah, LA	Madison Parish	High	280	88.2%
30	West St. Mary High School	Baldwin, LA	St. Mary Parish	High	276	88.0%
31	Arcadia High School	Arcadia, LA	Bienville Parish	High	248	87.9%
32	Northside High School	Lafayette, LA	Lafayette Parish	High	713	87.5%
33	Glen Oaks Senior High School	Baton Rouge, LA	East Baton Rouge Parish	High	575	87.5%
34	Frederick A. Douglass High School	New Orleans, LA	Frederick A. Douglass High School	High	658	87.4%
35	Jeanerette Senior High School	Jeanerette, LA	Iberia Parish	High	291	87.3%
36	Jefferson RISE Charter School	Harvey, LA	Jefferson Parish	High	764	86.9%
37	Booker T. Washington High School	New Orleans, LA	KIPP Booker T. Washington	High	532	86.8%
38	Livingston Collegiate Academy	New Orleans, LA	Livingston Collegiate Academy	High	575	86.8%
39	Scotlandville Magnet High School	Baton Rouge, LA	East Baton Rouge Parish	High	837	86.7%
40	Young Audiences Charter High School	Gretna, LA	Jefferson Parish	High	643	86.5%
41	Sophie B. Wright Institute of Academic Excellence	New Orleans, LA	Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence	High	534	86.3%
42	Booker T. Washington High	Shreveport, LA	Caddo Parish	High	722	86.1%
43	Green Oaks Performing Arts Academy	Shreveport, LA	Caddo Parish	High	308	85.7%
44	McDonogh 35 Senior High School	New Orleans, LA	McDonogh 35 Senior High School	High	851	85.4%
45	Red River High School	Coushatta, LA	Red River Parish	High	349	85.4%
46	Washington/Marion Magnet High School	Lake Charles, LA	Calcasieu Parish	High	597	85.3%
47	Woodlawn High School	Shreveport, LA	Caddo Parish	High	623	85.2%
48	West St. John High School	Edgard, LA	St. John the Baptist Parish	High	186	84.4%
49	Bastrop High School	Bastrop, LA	Morehouse Parish	High	794	84.3%
50	Opelousas Senior High School	Opelousas, LA	St. Landry Parish	High	698	84.2%

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