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Narrow the federal record to the schools that match what you care about, then open any profile for the full picture. Filters run on NCES Common Core of Data; nothing leaves your browser beyond the search itself.

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How the School Finder works

Each filter maps directly to a field in the federal record, so a search is a precise query against the NCES Common Core of Data rather than an opinion ranking. Three things are worth knowing before you read the results:

  • Student-teacher ratio is enrollment divided by full-time-equivalent teachers, a staffing- intensity measure, not a direct count of students per classroom (it includes specialists and pull-out staff). The national median runs around 15 to 16 students per teacher, so a 12:1 filter surfaces the more generously staffed end of the distribution and a 25:1 filter is closer to the typical urban high school.
  • Free-lunch share is the proportion of students whose household income qualifies them for free meals, the standard proxy for economic need that federal Title I funding tracks; the national figure is near half of all public-school students, so a 75%-plus band isolates high-need campuses.
  • School type (charter, magnet, Title I) comes straight from the federal classification, not an editorial label.

The finder searches only schools that report staff data to NCES, so closed or stub listings are excluded, and it returns the largest matching schools first. A match is a starting point rather than a verdict: these figures describe the resources a school reports, not test scores or academic outcomes. Open any profile for the full context, and see our methodology for how every field is sourced, computed, and dated.

Top 100 of many matching schools

Many schools match. Showing the 100 largest. Add a state or tighter filters to narrow the list.

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University View Academy Inc. (Frm La Connections) Baton Rouge, LA 3,725
Acadiana Renaissance Charter Academy Youngsville, LA 3,669
Denham Springs High School Denham Springs, LA 2,385
Bonnabel Magnet Academy High School Kenner, LA 2,376
Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy Kenner, LA 2,263
Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy Baton Rouge, LA 2,239
The Willow School New Orleans, LA 2,225
Chalmette High School Chalmette, LA 2,193
Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy Lafayette, LA 2,177
Ponchatoula High School Ponchatoula, LA 2,067
West Monroe High School West Monroe, LA 2,041
Dutchtown High School Geismar, LA 2,029
Walker High School Walker, LA 2,006
Mandeville High School Mandeville, LA 2,006
Sulphur High School Sulphur, LA 1,911
Alfred M. Barbe High School Lake Charles, LA 1,908
East Ascension High School Gonzales, LA 1,894
Airline High School Bossier City, LA 1,855
John Ehret High School Marrero, LA 1,850
St. Amant High School St. Amant, LA 1,847
Southside High School Youngsville, LA 1,833
Zachary High School Zachary, LA 1,726
Lafayette High School Lafayette, LA 1,720
Captain Shreve High School Shreveport, LA 1,658
Slidell High School Slidell, LA 1,654
Acadiana High School Lafayette, LA 1,652
Hammond High Magnet School Hammond, LA 1,606
Covington High School Covington, LA 1,600
Baton Rouge Magnet High School Baton Rouge, LA 1,593
Central High School Baton Rouge, LA 1,529
Northshore High School Slidell, LA 1,518
C.E. Byrd High School Shreveport, LA 1,517
Benton High School Benton, LA 1,515
Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School Shreveport, LA 1,480
Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary School Madisonville, LA 1,480
Alexandria Senior High School Alexandria, LA 1,475
Lsu Laboratory School Baton Rouge, LA 1,463
Grace King High School Metairie, LA 1,463
Fontainebleau High School Mandeville, LA 1,451
Morris Jeff Community School New Orleans, LA 1,442
West Jefferson High School Harvey, LA 1,438
Turner Elementary Middle School Shreveport, LA 1,437
Destrehan High School Destrehan, LA 1,435
Magnolia School of Excellence Shreveport, LA 1,430
Hahnville High School Boutte, LA 1,416
Live Oak High School Watson, LA 1,392
East Jefferson High School Metairie, LA 1,381
David Thibodaux Stem Magnet Academy Lafayette, LA 1,362
Haughton High School Haughton, LA 1,360
Terrebonne High School Houma, LA 1,346
Huntington High School Shreveport, LA 1,345
Hammond Eastside Magnet Hammond, LA 1,340
Woodlawn High School Baton Rouge, LA 1,331
New Iberia Senior High School New Iberia, LA 1,315
Central Lafourche High School Raceland, LA 1,307
Thibodaux High School Thibodaux, LA 1,306
East St. John High School Reserve, LA 1,293
H. L. Bourgeois High School Gray, LA 1,289
Parkway High School Bossier City, LA 1,279
Pineville High School Pineville, LA 1,271
Milton Elementary School Lafayette, LA 1,261
Riverdale High School Jefferson, LA 1,259
Liberty High School Baton Rouge, LA 1,218
Ruston High School Ruston, LA 1,212
Natchitoches Central High School Natchitoches, LA 1,188
Champ Cooper Elementary School Ponchatoula, LA 1,163
Sam Houston High School Lake Charles, LA 1,141
Warren Easton Charter High School New Orleans, LA 1,138
L.W. Higgins High School Marrero, LA 1,136
Idea Bridge Baton Rouge, LA 1,122
Carencro High School Lafayette, LA 1,116
Ouachita Parish High School Monroe, LA 1,112
Edna Karr High School New Orleans, LA 1,097
Lake Elementary School St. Amant, LA 1,096
Linwood Charter School Shreveport, LA 1,092
Salmen High School Slidell, LA 1,091
Young Audiences Charter School Gretna, LA 1,077
International School of Louisiana New Orleans, LA 1,074
Peabody Magnet High School Alexandria, LA 1,071
Benjamin Franklin High School New Orleans, LA 1,056
Beekman Charter School Bastrop, LA 1,053
Neville High School Monroe, LA 1,042
Central Intermediate School Central, LA 1,039
Hammond Westside Montessori Hammond, LA 1,022
Tara High School Baton Rouge, LA 1,016
Central Middle School Central, LA 1,012
Athlos Academy of Jefferson Parish Terrytown, LA 1,012
S. J. Welsh Middle School Lake Charles, LA 1,011
Madisonville Elementary School Madisonville, LA 1,010
Iowa High School Iowa, LA 1,007
D'arbonne Woods Charter School Farmerville, LA 993
Haughton Middle School Haughton, LA 993
Youree Dr. Middle Advanced Placement Magnet School Shreveport, LA 992
Plaquemine Senior High School Plaquemine, LA 990
South Lafourche High School Cutoff, LA 990
Northwood High School Shreveport, LA 989
Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School Shreveport, LA 977
Jennings Elementary School Jennings, LA 976
Southwood High School Shreveport, LA 971
Moss Bluff Elementary School Lake Charles, LA 969

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public School Universe + Civil Rights Data Collection · 2024-25