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New Orleans, Louisiana - 5 schools
An equity score of 73/100 ranks Orleans Parish #18 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $45,736 per pupil, Orleans Parish ranks #2 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,040
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$45,736
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Orleans Parish operates 5 public schools serving 2,040 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 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 $45,736 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 61.2% local, 33.8% state, and 5.0% 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 73/100, ranked #18 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 77:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 20.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.6% African American, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Elan Academy Charter School, with a diversity index of 23.2/100.
Benjamin Franklin Elem. Math and Science accounts for 36.2% of all Orleans Parish student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Orleans Parish-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.
Orleans Parish school enrollment varies 9.6× across entities
Orleans Parish school enrollment ranges from 77 students (lowest) to 739 students (highest), a spread of 662 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Orleans Parish has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 84.7% 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.
Orleans Parish student-counselor ratio is 77:1 — 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.
Orleans Parish chronic absenteeism rate is 20.7% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Orleans Parish is typically wider than the Orleans Parish-aggregate figure suggests.