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New Orleans, Louisiana - 1 schools
An equity score of 93/100 ranks New Orleans Center for Creative Arts #2 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $38,202 per pupil, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts ranks #4 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$38,202
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts operates 1 public schools serving 230 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 $38,202 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 19 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Louisiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 3.9% local, 81.5% state, and 14.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 93/100, ranked #2 of 175 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 224:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 4.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 40.6% African American, 37.1% White, 17.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts accounts for 97.4% of all New Orleans Center for Creative Arts student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of New Orleans Center for Creative Arts a distant remainder — means New Orleans Center for Creative Arts-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts student-counselor ratio is 224:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts chronic absenteeism rate is 4.9% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to New Orleans Center for Creative Arts'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 Center for Creative Arts?
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 230 students.
How much does New Orleans Center for Creative Arts spend per student?
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts spends $38,202 per student. The district has an equity score of 93/100, ranking #2 in Louisiana.
What is the demographic composition of New Orleans Center for Creative Arts?
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts students are 40.6% African American, 37.1% White, 17.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for New Orleans Center for Creative Arts?
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts has an equity score of 93/100, ranking #2 out of 175 districts in Louisiana.