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An equity score of 46/100 ranks Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence #104 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,344 per pupil, Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence ranks #90 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence operates 1 public schools serving 420 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 $15,344 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 40.8% local, 25.0% state, and 34.1% 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 46/100, ranked #104 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 267:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 46.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.4% African American, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian across the district's schools.
Sophie B. Wright Institute of Academic Excellence accounts for 100.0% of all Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence a distant remainder — means Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence-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.
Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 72.1% 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.
Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence student-counselor ratio is 267:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence is typically wider than the Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence-aggregate figure suggests.
Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence chronic absenteeism rate is 46.4% — 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 Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence'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 Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence?
Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 420 students.
How much does Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence spend per student?
Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence spends $15,344 per student. The district has an equity score of 46/100, ranking #104 in Louisiana.
What is the demographic composition of Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence?
Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence students are 93.4% African American, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% Asian, 0.2% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence?
Sophie B Wright Institute of Academic Excellence has an equity score of 46/100, ranking #104 out of 175 districts in Louisiana.