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An equity score of 52/100 ranks Langston Hughes Charter Academy #83 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,465 per pupil, Langston Hughes Charter Academy ranks #26 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Langston Hughes Charter Academy operates 1 public schools serving 796 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 $19,465 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 50.6% local, 20.3% state, and 29.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 52/100, ranked #83 of 175 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 54.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.7% African American, 8.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% White across the district's schools.
Langston Hughes Charter Academy accounts for 99.4% of all Langston Hughes Charter Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Langston Hughes Charter Academy a distant remainder — means Langston Hughes Charter Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Langston Hughes Charter Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 81.0% 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.
Langston Hughes Charter Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 54.4% — 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 Langston Hughes Charter Academy'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 Langston Hughes Charter Academy?
Langston Hughes Charter Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 796 students.
How much does Langston Hughes Charter Academy spend per student?
Langston Hughes Charter Academy spends $19,465 per student. The district has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #83 in Louisiana.
What is the demographic composition of Langston Hughes Charter Academy?
Langston Hughes Charter Academy students are 87.7% African American, 8.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Langston Hughes Charter Academy?
Langston Hughes Charter Academy has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #83 out of 175 districts in Louisiana.