Louisiana · EDFacts 2021-22

Chronic Absenteeism in Louisiana

The 100 schools with the highest chronic absenteeism rates in Louisiana, ranked by the share of students missing 15 or more school days a year.

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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The 100 Louisiana schools listed here average 58.9% chronic absenteeism, against a national school average of 29.5%, and 76 of them sit above the 50% critical line.

58.9%
average across these 100 schools: 29.5%
national school average: 98.7%
highest rate (Jcfa-East): 76
schools above 50%

#	School	Enrollment	Status	Absent %
1	Jcfa-EastJefferson	154	Critical	98.7%
2	Capitol Middle SchoolBaton Rouge	413	Critical	95.9%
3	The Net 2 Charter High SchoolNew Orleans	141	Critical	91.5%
4	Northdale Superintendent's AcademyBaton Rouge	151	Critical	91.4%
5	Thrive AcademyBaton Rouge	156	Critical	90.4%
6	Jcfa LafayetteLafayette	56	Critical	89.3%
7	Green Oaks Performing Arts AcademyShreveport	308	Critical	84.1%
8	Mckinley Senior High SchoolBaton Rouge	669	Critical	83.9%
9	Willow Charter AcademyLafayette	605	Critical	82.5%
10	Democracy Prep Baton RougeBaton Rouge	528	Critical	82.4%
11	Istrouma High SchoolBaton Rouge	556	Critical	76.6%
12	L.B. Landry High SchoolNew Orleans	555	Critical	76.4%
13	Amite High MagnetAmite	347	Critical	72.3%
14	Phillis Wheatley Community SchoolNew Orleans	777	Critical	71.9%
15	Glen Oaks Senior High SchoolBaton Rouge	575	Critical	70.1%
16	Ellender Memorial High SchoolHouma	819	Critical	69.8%
17	Dalton Charter SchoolBaton Rouge	189	Critical	68.3%
18	Amikids CaddoShreveport	60	Critical	68.3%
19	Booker T. Washington High SchoolNew Orleans	532	Critical	67.9%
20	Kipp Central CityNew Orleans	817	Critical	64.7%
21	Kentwood High Magnet SchoolKentwood	259	Critical	62.9%
22	Opelousas Middle SchoolOpelousas	132	Critical	62.9%
23	Lanier Charter SchoolBaton Rouge	234	Critical	62.8%
24	South Terrebonne High SchoolBourg	868	Critical	62.6%
25	Sicily Island High SchoolSicily Island	143	Critical	62.2%
26	Bossier Elementary SchoolBossier City	239	Critical	61.9%
27	Jewel M. Sumner High SchoolKentwood	428	Critical	61.7%
28	Rosenwald Elementary SchoolNew Roads	303	Critical	61.7%
29	Renew Schaumburg ElementaryNew Orleans	683	Critical	61.5%
30	Encore AcademyNew Orleans	458	Critical	60.7%
31	Grand Caillou Middle SchoolHouma	267	Critical	60.7%
32	Benton Middle SchoolBenton	817	Critical	60.6%
33	Fair Park Middle SchoolShreveport	469	Critical	60.6%
34	Bossier High SchoolBossier City	654	Critical	60.1%
35	Bolton High SchoolAlexandria	372	Critical	59.9%
36	Loranger High SchoolLoranger	616	Critical	59.7%
37	Independence High MagnetIndependence	490	Critical	59.4%
38	Plain Dealing High SchoolPlain Dealing	270	Critical	59.3%
39	Stella Worley Middle SchoolWestwego	235	Critical	59.1%
40	Scotlandville Magnet High SchoolBaton Rouge	837	Critical	59.0%
41	Kipp MorialNew Orleans	951	Critical	58.7%
42	Einstein Charter Middle Sch at Sarah Towles ReedNew Orleans	267	Critical	58.4%
43	Booker T. Washington New Technology High SchoolShreveport	722	Critical	58.0%
44	Southwood High SchoolShreveport	971	Critical	57.7%
45	New Orleans Accelerated High SchoolNew Orleans	200	Critical	57.5%
46	Buckeye High SchoolDeville	915	Critical	56.8%
47	Paul Breaux Middle SchoolLafayette	314	Critical	56.7%
48	Kipp LeadershipNew Orleans	890	Critical	56.5%
49	Samuel J. Green Charter SchoolNew Orleans	507	Critical	56.4%
50	C.F. Rowley Alternative SchoolChalmette	103	Critical	56.3%
51	Renew Dolores T. Aaron ElementaryNew Orleans	738	Critical	55.7%
52	Ponchatoula Junior High SchoolPonchatoula	723	Critical	55.0%
53	Richwood High SchoolMonroe	400	Critical	55.0%
54	Homer Plessy Community SchoolNew Orleans	781	Critical	54.7%
55	Louisiana Key Academy Baton RougeBaton Rouge	351	Critical	54.7%
56	Pierre a. Capdau Charter SchoolNew Orleans	507	Critical	54.6%
57	Jewel M. Sumner Middle SchoolKentwood	306	Critical	54.6%
58	Langston Hughes Charter AcademyNew Orleans	791	Critical	54.4%
59	Dorothy Height Charter SchoolNew Orleans	878	Critical	53.9%
60	Park Forest Middle SchoolBaton Rouge	445	Critical	53.9%
61	Natalbany MiddleTickfaw	347	Critical	53.6%
62	Hammond High Magnet SchoolHammond	1,606	Critical	53.1%
63	Renew Laurel ElementaryNew Orleans	641	Critical	53.0%
64	Success @ Thurgood MarshallNew Orleans	490	Critical	52.7%
65	The Net Charter High SchoolNew Orleans	213	Critical	52.6%
66	John F. Kennedy High SchoolNew Orleans	665	Critical	52.3%
67	Akili Academy of New OrleansNew Orleans	589	Critical	51.8%
68	Amite Westside Middle MagnetAmite	279	Critical	51.6%
69	St. Helena College and Career AcademyGreensburg	435	Critical	51.5%
70	Arthur Ashe Charter SchoolNew Orleans	778	Critical	51.4%
71	Woodlawn Leadership AcademyShreveport	623	Critical	50.9%
72	Westdale Middle SchoolBaton Rouge	538	Critical	50.9%
73	Walter L. Cohen College PrepNew Orleans	159	Critical	50.9%
74	Opportunities AcademyNew Orleans	93	Critical	50.5%
75	O.W. Dillon Leadership AcademyKentwood	314	Critical	50.3%
76	D.F. Huddle ElementaryAlexandria	412	Critical	50.0%
77	Opelousas Senior High SchoolOpelousas	698	High	49.7%
78	Livonia High SchoolLivonia	899	High	49.6%
79	Tioga High SchoolBall	881	High	49.6%
80	Bastrop High SchoolBastrop	794	High	49.5%
81	Rusheon Middle SchoolBossier City	583	High	49.1%
82	Crowley High SchoolCrowley	495	High	49.1%
83	Lacache Middle SchoolChauvin	225	High	48.0%
84	Noble MindsNew Orleans	153	High	47.7%
85	Parkway High SchoolBossier City	1,279	High	47.6%
86	Rougon Elementary SchoolRougon	414	High	47.6%
87	Block High SchoolJonesville	179	High	47.5%
88	Benton Intermediate SchoolBenton	754	High	47.2%
89	Kipp BelieveNew Orleans	710	High	47.2%
90	Rosenwald Collegiate AcademyNew Orleans	413	High	47.0%
91	Kipp EastNew Orleans	921	High	46.4%
92	Sophie B. Wright Institute of Academic ExcellenceNew Orleans	534	High	46.4%
93	Broadmoor Senior High SchoolBaton Rouge	791	High	46.0%
94	South Plaquemines High SchoolBuras	355	High	45.9%
95	Frederick a. Douglass High SchoolNew Orleans	658	High	45.4%
96	Melrose Elementary SchoolBaton Rouge	227	High	45.4%
97	Hammond Westside MontessoriHammond	1,022	High	45.3%
98	Lucille Nesom MemorialTickfaw	414	High	45.2%
99	Waller Elementary SchoolBossier City	424	High	45.0%
100	Haughton Elementary SchoolHaughton	618	High	44.8%

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment

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