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Louisiana ranks No. 50 overall among U.S. states based on 71 metrics across eight categories.
How well is your state educating students? US News ranks states on education, including pre-K-12 and college, based on graduation rates, test scores and more.
All data are expressed as rankings from 1 (best) to 50 (worst). The School Quality subcategory evaluates states across 12 indicators, including % of teachers who meet all state licensing requirements, annual per-pupil spending, pupil-to-teacher ratio, schools that require health education.
Compare Louisiana's education indicators with other states and the nation. See data on degree completion, college enrollment, AP tests, teacher quality, and more.
Louisiana ranks near the bottom in Education Week's comparison of educational achievement among the states, with a D+ grade. The article analyzes the factors that contribute to this low performance, such as poverty, disruption, and lack of collective bargaining, and suggests some positive changes and policies to improve education.
Louisiana students increased scores for the second consecutive year and 75% of school systems improved on the 2023 LEAP. Louisiana's 4th graders led the country in reading growth and the state's overall ranking moved from 46th to 42nd among the states from 2019 to 2022 on NAEP.
Louisiana’s Pre-K through 12th grade system moved from 41st to 40th in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best States rankings, marking the state’s highest ranking in this national indicator. This feat comes just one year after Louisiana jumped five spots in the same rankings.
Louisiana’s Pre-K through 12th grade system moved from 41st to 40th in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best States rankings, marking the state’s highest ranking in this national indicator....
According to U.S. News & World Report, from 2019 to 2023, Louisiana has improved its overall Pre-K-12 ranking (will open in new tab) five spots, jumping from 46th to 41st. Categorically, Louisiana made the following improvements among the states: College readiness (will open in new tab) improved two places from 42nd to 40th.
This year, Louisiana finishes 30th out of 49 states receiving overall school finance rankings, with an overall score of 71.9 out of 100 points and a grade of C-minus.