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New Orleans, Louisiana - 1 schools
An equity score of 59/100 ranks Frederick a. Douglass High School #59 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,565 per pupil, Frederick a. Douglass High School ranks #81 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Frederick a. Douglass High School operates 1 public schools serving 694 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 $15,565 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Louisiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 48.4% local, 35.9% state, and 15.7% 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 59/100, ranked #59 of 175 in Louisiana against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (24 AP courses district-wide), a 329:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 45.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.0% African American, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% White across the district's schools.
Frederick a. Douglass High School accounts for 94.8% of all Frederick a. Douglass High School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Frederick a. Douglass High School a distant remainder — means Frederick a. Douglass High School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Frederick a. Douglass High School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 85.4% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants 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.
Frederick a. Douglass High School student-counselor ratio is 329:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Frederick a. Douglass High School is typically wider than the Frederick a. Douglass High School-aggregate figure suggests.
Frederick a. Douglass High School chronic absenteeism rate is 45.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Comparisons are relative to Frederick a. Douglass High School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Frederick a. Douglass High School?
Frederick a. Douglass High School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 694 students.
How much does Frederick a. Douglass High School spend per student?
Frederick a. Douglass High School spends $15,565 per student. The district has an equity score of 59/100, ranking #59 in Louisiana.
What is the demographic composition of Frederick a. Douglass High School?
Frederick a. Douglass High School students are 93.0% African American, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Frederick a. Douglass High School?
Frederick a. Douglass High School has an equity score of 59/100, ranking #59 out of 175 districts in Louisiana.