An equity score of 47/100 ranks Homer Plessy Community School #102 of 176 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,587 per pupil, Homer Plessy Community School ranks #140 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Homer Plessy Community School operates 1 public schools serving 779 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 $13,587 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 35.5% local, 24.6% state, and 39.9% 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 47/100, ranked #102 of 176 in Louisiana against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 54.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.8% African American, 26.5% White, 10.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Homer Plessy Community School, enrolling 781 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Homer Plessy Community School accounts for 100.0% of all Homer Plessy Community School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Homer Plessy Community School a distant remainder — means Homer Plessy Community School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Homer Plessy Community School reports 55.2% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Homer Plessy Community School chronic absenteeism rate is 54.7% — 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 Homer Plessy Community 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 Homer Plessy Community School?
Homer Plessy Community School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 779 students.
How much does Homer Plessy Community School spend per student?
Homer Plessy Community School spends $13,587 per student. The district has an equity score of 47/100, ranking #102 in Louisiana.
What is the demographic composition of Homer Plessy Community School?
Homer Plessy Community School students are 52.8% African American, 26.5% White, 10.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Homer Plessy Community School?
Homer Plessy Community School has an equity score of 47/100, ranking #102 out of 176 districts in Louisiana.