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The public high schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Louisiana

241 public high schools in Louisiana appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. New Orleans Center for Creative Arts leads the list at 3.4:1, against a median of 14.5:1 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

241

Louisiana

Best Students/teacher

3.4:1

Median Students/teacher

14.5:1

LOWEST RATIO · LOUISIANA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	New Orleans Center for Creative Arts	New Orleans, LA	New Orleans Center for Creative Arts	High	224	3.4:1
2	North Central High School	Washington, LA	St. Landry Parish	High	220	6.1:1
3	White Castle High School	White Castle, LA	Iberville Parish	High	286	7.0:1
4	Capitol High School	Baton Rouge, LA	East Baton Rouge Parish	High	205	7.3:1
5	Louisiana School for Math Science & the Arts	Natchitoches, LA	Louisiana School for Math Science & the Arts	High	272	7.5:1
6	Northeast High School	Pride, LA	East Baton Rouge Parish	High	290	7.6:1
7	Arcadia High School	Arcadia, LA	Bienville Parish	High	248	7.8:1
8	Madison High School	Tallulah, LA	Madison Parish	High	280	7.9:1
9	Jeanerette Senior High School	Jeanerette, LA	Iberia Parish	High	291	8.1:1
10	West Feliciana High School	St. Francisville, LA	West Feliciana Parish	High	591	8.5:1
11	Kentwood High Magnet School	Kentwood, LA	Tangipahoa Parish	High	259	8.6:1
12	Lakeview Jr./Sr. High School	Campti, LA	Natchitoches Parish	High	261	8.6:1
13	Green Oaks Performing Arts Academy	Shreveport, LA	Caddo Parish	High	308	8.6:1
14	Glen Oaks Senior High School	Baton Rouge, LA	East Baton Rouge Parish	High	575	9.0:1
15	Vinton High School	Vinton, LA	Calcasieu Parish	High	242	9.3:1
16	Ferriday High School	Ferriday, LA	Concordia Parish	High	289	9.3:1
17	DeQuincy High School	DeQuincy, LA	Calcasieu Parish	High	279	9.4:1
18	South Plaquemines High School	Buras, LA	Plaquemines Parish	High	355	9.4:1
19	LaGrange High School	Lake Charles, LA	Calcasieu Parish	High	881	9.4:1
20	Richwood High School	Monroe, LA	Ouachita Parish	High	400	9.4:1
21	General Trass High School	Lake Providence, LA	East Carroll Parish	High	214	9.6:1
22	Westlake High School	Westlake, LA	Calcasieu Parish	High	487	9.7:1
23	Port Allen High School	Port Allen, LA	West Baton Rouge Parish	High	452	9.7:1
24	Red River High School	Coushatta, LA	Red River Parish	High	349	9.8:1
25	Bolton Academy	Alexandria, LA	Rapides Parish	High	372	10.2:1
26	North Caddo High School	Vivian, LA	Caddo Parish	High	306	10.2:1
27	L.B. Landry High School	New Orleans, LA	Lord Beaconsfield Landry-Oliver Perry Walker High	High	555	10.3:1
28	Walter L. Cohen High School	New Orleans, LA	Walter L. Cohen High School	High	413	10.3:1
29	Ringgold High School	Ringgold, LA	Bienville Parish	High	219	10.4:1
30	Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts	Opelousas, LA	St. Landry Parish	High	289	10.4:1
31	Port Barre High School	Port Barre, LA	St. Landry Parish	High	354	10.5:1
32	Varnado High School	Varnado, LA	Washington Parish	High	256	10.5:1
33	Mansfield High School	Mansfield, LA	DeSoto Parish	High	327	10.7:1
34	Istrouma High School	Baton Rouge, LA	East Baton Rouge Parish	High	556	10.8:1
35	Amite High Magnet	Amite, LA	Tangipahoa Parish	High	347	10.8:1
36	Donaldsonville High School	Donaldsonville, LA	Ascension Parish	High	396	10.8:1
37	McKinley Senior High School	Baton Rouge, LA	East Baton Rouge Parish	High	669	10.9:1
38	New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy	New Orleans, LA	New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy	High	945	11.0:1
39	Haynesville Jr./Sr. High School	Haynesville, LA	Claiborne Parish	High	246	11.1:1
40	Helix Mentorship STEAM Academy	Baton Rouge, LA	East Baton Rouge Parish	High	504	11.1:1
41	Grand Lake High School	Lake Charles, LA	Cameron Parish	High	322	11.1:1
42	Caldwell Parish High School	Columbia, LA	Caldwell Parish	High	398	11.3:1
43	New Harmony High Institute	New Orleans, LA	New Harmony High Institute	High	328	11.3:1
44	Anacoco High School	Anacoco, LA	Vernon Parish	High	311	11.3:1
45	St. James High School	Vacherie, LA	St. James Parish	High	593	11.3:1
46	Independence High Magnet	Independence, LA	Tangipahoa Parish	High	490	11.4:1
47	Union Parish High School	Farmerville, LA	Union Parish	High	579	11.5:1
48	Hahnville High School	Boutte, LA	St. Charles Parish	High	1,416	11.6:1
49	Vidalia High School	Vidalia, LA	Concordia Parish	High	364	11.6:1
50	Destrehan High School	Destrehan, LA	St. Charles Parish	High	1,435	11.7:1

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