New Orleans area is a great place to live and residents should be proud of the area’s schools systems. For over 25 years, U.S. News & World Reports has ranked the best high schools, hospitals, nursing homes, colleges and more. This year U.S. News & World Reports included several New Orleans area schools in its 2019 public high school rankings, and Orleans Parish had six high schools that ranked in the Nation’s best for 2019.

To determine the results, the magazine looks at more than 17,000 public schools and bases their rankings on several third-party sources. The first is the U.S. Department of Education’s website called the Common Core Data. Updated annually, the site contains basic information on enrollment, student ethnicity and other profile information on all public high schools in the U.S. The second source is the data collected on statewide math and reading level assessment tests and high school graduation rates. The third source is the College Board which gives the Advanced Placement examination data for each public high school. The last source is the International Baccalaureate which produces the IB examination data for each public high school. Once the data is collected the overall National rankings are then based on College Readiness (30%), College Curriculum Breadth (10%), Math and Reading Proficiency (20%), Math and Reading Performance (20%), Underserved Student Performance (10%) and Graduation Rate (10%).

Out of the best ranked six high schools for 2019 in the Greater New Orleans area, Benjamin Franklin High School ranked 73rd among the nation’s best high schools, 1st among Louisiana’s best high schools, 15th among the nation’s best charter high schools and 22nd among the nation’s best magnet high schools. Lusher Charter School ranked 113th among the nation’s best high schools, 4th among Louisiana’s best high schools, 28th among the nation’s best charter high schools and 32nd among the nation’s best magnet high schools. New Orleans Center for Creative Arts ranked 1,866th among the nation’s best high schools and 10th among Louisiana’s best high schools. New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School ranked 3,818th among the nation’s best high schools and 23rd among Louisiana’s best high schools. Warren Easton Charter High School ranked 4,198th among the nation’s best high schools, 31st among Louisiana’s best high schools and 445th among the nation’s best charter high schools. New Orleans Maritime & Military Academy ranked 4,339th among the nation’s best high schools, 34th among Louisiana’s best high schools and 451st among the nation’s best charter high schools.

Jefferson Parish had three schools that were included in the Nation’s best. Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy ranking 86th among the nation’s best high schools, 2nd among Louisiana’s best high schools
and 24th among the nation’s best magnet high schools. Haynes Academy School for Advanced Studies ranking 105th among the nation’s best high schools, 3rd among Louisiana’s best high schools and 29th among the nation’s best magnet high schools. Thomas Jefferson High School for Advanced Studies ranking 492nd among the nation’s best high schools, 6th among Louisiana’s best high schools and 90th among the nation’s best magnet high schools.

There were two high schools in the rankings in Plaquemines Parish which included South Plaquemines High School Parish which ranked at 1,982nd among the nation’s best high schools and 12th among Louisiana’s best high schools and Belle Chasse High School which ranked at 3,608th among the nation’s best high schools and 22nd among Louisiana’s best high schools. Others in the area include Chalmette High School in St. Bernard Parish ranking 3,680th among the nation’s best high schools and 23rd among Louisiana’s best high schools, Mandeville High School in St. Tammany Parish ranking 4,192nd among the nation’s best high schools and 30th among Louisiana’s best high schools and Lakeshore High School in St. Tammany Parish ranking 4,447th among the nation’s best high schools and 37th among Louisiana’s best high schools.

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