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