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An equity score of 55/100 ranks Mcdonogh 42 Charter School #75 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,510 per pupil, Mcdonogh 42 Charter School ranks #84 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Mcdonogh 42 Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 421 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 $15,510 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 34.1% local, 25.7% state, and 40.2% 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 55/100, ranked #75 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.
a 565:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 4.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.0% African American, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Mcdonogh 42 Charter School, enrolling 565 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Mcdonogh 42 Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Mcdonogh 42 Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mcdonogh 42 Charter School a distant remainder — means Mcdonogh 42 Charter School-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.
Mcdonogh 42 Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 80.3% 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.
Mcdonogh 42 Charter School student-counselor ratio is 565:1 — 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.
Mcdonogh 42 Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 4.8% — 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.
How many schools are in Mcdonogh 42 Charter School?
Mcdonogh 42 Charter School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 421 students.
How much does Mcdonogh 42 Charter School spend per student?
Mcdonogh 42 Charter School spends $15,510 per student. The district has an equity score of 55/100, ranking #75 in Louisiana.
What is the demographic composition of Mcdonogh 42 Charter School?
Mcdonogh 42 Charter School students are 88.0% African American, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Mcdonogh 42 Charter School?
Mcdonogh 42 Charter School has an equity score of 55/100, ranking #75 out of 175 districts in Louisiana.