An equity score of 14/100 ranks Phillis Wheatley Community School #172 of 176 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,441 per pupil, Phillis Wheatley Community School ranks #175 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 $11,441 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 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 14/100, ranked #172 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.
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 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.
Phillis Wheatley Community School reports 74.6% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
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 $11,441 per student. The district has an equity score of 14/100, ranking #172 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 14/100, ranking #172 out of 176 districts in Louisiana.