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An equity score of 36/100 ranks Esperanza Charter School #137 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,701 per pupil, Esperanza Charter School ranks #158 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Esperanza Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 562 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Orleans Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,701 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Louisiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 37.5% local, 31.4% state, and 31.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 36/100, ranked #137 of 175 in Louisiana against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 538:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 0.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.4% Hispanic or Latino, 37.2% African American, 1.3% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Esperanza Charter School, enrolling 538 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Esperanza Charter School accounts for 95.7% of all Esperanza Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Esperanza Charter School a distant remainder — means Esperanza Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Esperanza Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 96.8% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Esperanza Charter School student-counselor ratio is 538:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Esperanza Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 0.2% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Esperanza Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 562 students.
How much does Esperanza Charter School spend per student?
Esperanza Charter School spends $12,701 per student. The district has an equity score of 36/100, ranking #137 in Louisiana.
What is the demographic composition of Esperanza Charter School?
Esperanza Charter School students are 60.4% Hispanic or Latino, 37.2% African American, 1.3% White, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Esperanza Charter School?
Esperanza Charter School has an equity score of 36/100, ranking #137 out of 175 districts in Louisiana.