An equity score of 24/100 ranks New Orleans Accelerated High School #156 of 176 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,710 per pupil, New Orleans Accelerated High School ranks #186 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
New Orleans Accelerated High School operates 1 public schools serving 300 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 $8,710 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 19 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Louisiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 31.0% local, 43.3% state, and 25.7% 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 24/100, ranked #156 of 176 in Louisiana against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 100:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 57.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.5% African American, 9.5% Hispanic or Latino, 3.5% White across the district's schools.
New Orleans Accelerated High School accounts for 66.7% of all New Orleans Accelerated High School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of New Orleans Accelerated High School a distant remainder — means New Orleans Accelerated High 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.
New Orleans Accelerated High School reports 79.7% 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.
New Orleans Accelerated High School student-counselor ratio is 100:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
New Orleans Accelerated High School chronic absenteeism rate is 57.5% — 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 New Orleans Accelerated 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 New Orleans Accelerated High School?
New Orleans Accelerated High School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 300 students.
How much does New Orleans Accelerated High School spend per student?
New Orleans Accelerated High School spends $8,710 per student. The district has an equity score of 24/100, ranking #156 in Louisiana.
What is the demographic composition of New Orleans Accelerated High School?
New Orleans Accelerated High School students are 84.5% African American, 9.5% Hispanic or Latino, 3.5% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for New Orleans Accelerated High School?
New Orleans Accelerated High School has an equity score of 24/100, ranking #156 out of 176 districts in Louisiana.