School ranks in top one percent of America's Best Public High Schools

The Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts has been ranked in the top one percent in the nation, and the faculty have been ranked the third best in the nation, on Niche’s 2018 Best Public High Schools in America list.

Niche’s annual K-12 rankings are based on rigorous analysis of dozens of statistical factors and millions of reviews from students and parents. Along with the rankings, Niche also released 2018 report cards, which assign letter grades to more than 100,000 K-12 schools and districts across America on topics like academics, college readiness and teachers.

LSMSA earned an A+ in academics, teachers, clubs and activities, administration, college prep, health and safety and resources and facilities.

“I am so proud of the accomplishments of our students over the past years,” said Dr. Steve Horton, executive director. “Our entire curriculum reflects a collegiate model in terms of material, textbooks, pace, and our performance outcomes align with those required at universities around the country.

“The majority of our students enter colleges and universities with articulated or earned college credit – often up to 70 credit hours – eliminating the need to sit for AP examinations.”

Horton added that LSMSA has enjoyed a great partnership with Northwestern State University since the school’s beginnings more than 30 years ago.

“Since our faculty are all university-level credentialed, we are able to offer a myriad of courses through NSU for college credit,” he said. “Additionally, our students are able to take advanced-level courses at Northwestern while enrolled at LSMSA, giving them another opportunity to jump-start their college careers.”

Horton expressed no surprise when the faculty were recognized as the third best in the nation.

“It goes without saying that our faculty is one of the best in the nation,” he said. “Our students’ accomplishments are so well recognized because of this faculty’s expertise and dedication to their success.

“We are grateful to Niche for recognizing their value.”

Niche.com provides reviews and insights from every day experts to make choosing a neighborhood, college or K-12 school a more transparent process. It was founded in 2002 by Carnegie Mellon University students as CollegeProwler.com and has since grown into one of the largest content startups in the country.