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An equity score of 49/100 ranks Phillis Wheatley Community School #96 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,124 per pupil, Phillis Wheatley Community School ranks #40 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Phillis Wheatley Community School operates 1 public schools serving 812 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 $18,124 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 49.2% local, 21.9% state, and 28.9% 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 49/100, ranked #96 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 71.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.9% African American, 26.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% White across the district's schools.
Phillis Wheatley Community School accounts for 95.7% of all Phillis Wheatley Community School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Phillis Wheatley Community School a distant remainder — means Phillis Wheatley Community 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.
Phillis Wheatley Community School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 74.6% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Phillis Wheatley Community School chronic absenteeism rate is 71.9% — 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 Phillis Wheatley Community 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 Phillis Wheatley Community School?
Phillis Wheatley Community School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 812 students.
How much does Phillis Wheatley Community School spend per student?
Phillis Wheatley Community School spends $18,124 per student. The district has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #96 in Louisiana.
What is the demographic composition of Phillis Wheatley Community School?
Phillis Wheatley Community School students are 69.9% African American, 26.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Phillis Wheatley Community School?
Phillis Wheatley Community School has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #96 out of 175 districts in Louisiana.