An equity score of 67/100 ranks Kipp Central City #33 of 176 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,044 per pupil, Kipp Central City ranks #76 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Kipp Central City operates 1 public schools serving 869 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 $16,044 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 45.1% local, 26.7% state, and 28.2% 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 67/100, ranked #33 of 176 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.
a 408.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 64.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.3% African American, 13.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Kipp Central City, enrolling 817 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Kipp Central City accounts for 94.0% of all Kipp Central City student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Kipp Central City a distant remainder — means Kipp Central City-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.
Kipp Central City reports 83.3% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Kipp Central City student-counselor ratio is 409:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Kipp Central City chronic absenteeism rate is 64.7% — 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.
Kipp Central City has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 869 students.
How much does Kipp Central City spend per student?
Kipp Central City spends $16,044 per student. The district has an equity score of 67/100, ranking #33 in Louisiana.
What is the demographic composition of Kipp Central City?
Kipp Central City students are 84.3% African American, 13.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Kipp Central City?
Kipp Central City has an equity score of 67/100, ranking #33 out of 176 districts in Louisiana.