Opportunities Academy
Public high school, grade 12 · New Orleans, Louisiana
Opportunities Academy in New Orleans, Louisiana enrolled 93 students in 2024-25 with 11.0 full-time teachers, 8.5 students per teacher against the Louisiana high-school median of 14.2. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was under 50% (Louisiana: 82.6%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment rose 11% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 588%
84 students in 2022-23, 84 students in 2023-24, 93 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 1.6 to 11.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 84 | 1.6 | 52.5 |
| 2023-24 | 84 | 12.8 | 6.6 |
| 2024-25 | 93 | 11.0 | 8.5 |
8.5 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 92 of every 100 Louisiana high schools
Among the 263 Louisiana high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 14.2; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
Programs and staff in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Opportunities Academy enrolled 69 students and reported no counselor; it reported 10 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.0
- Out-of-school suspensions10
- Chronically absent32.1% (2022-23)
Who attends
88.2% of students were Black, 5.4% Hispanic, 3.2% White in 2024-25.
- Black88.2%
- Hispanic5.4%
- White3.2%
- Asian1.1%
- Two or more races1.1%
- American Indian1.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
under 50% of the 11 students in Opportunities Academy's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 82.6% across Louisiana. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | Louisiana | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | under 50% | under 50% | 82.6% |
| Students in the class | 11 | 11 | 50,762 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in New Orleans
27 public high schools in New Orleans report 2024-25 enrollment.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Easton Charter High School | 1,138 | 17.5 | 60.9% |
| Edna Karr High School | 1,097 | 14.5 | 66.8% |
| Benjamin Franklin High School | 1,056 | 15.5 | 24.2% |
| New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy | 945 | 11.0 | 64.9% |
| McDonogh 35 Senior High School | 851 | 13.6 | 79.6% |
| G W Carver High School | 771 | 14.0 | 93.1% |
| Eleanor McMain Secondary School | 690 | 14.3 | 75.9% |
| John F. Kennedy High School | 665 | 14.8 | 88.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Opportunities Academy
- Booker T. Washington High SchoolThe nearest public high school, 0.4 miles away: 532 students, 14.8 per teacher (2024-25).0.4 mi
- The NET Charter High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 0.5 miles away: 213 students, 31.6 per teacher (2024-25).0.5 mi
- Compare Opportunities Academy with Booker T. Washington High SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Opportunities Academy spends per student$51,119 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$51,119
- The largest public schools in LouisianaOpportunities Academy is the number 257 by size of 265 Louisiana high schools open in 2024-25.#257 of 265
- Louisiana schools by students per teacher8.5 students per teacher here against the Louisiana median of 14.2 for high schools.8.5:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Opportunities Academy
How many students attend Opportunities Academy?
93 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 84 in 2022-23. It is a high school in New Orleans, LA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Opportunities Academy?
8.5 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Louisiana median for high schools is 14.2. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Opportunities Academy a Title I school?
Opportunities Academy has no 2021-22 Title I status in the NCES school files (the school opened later, or its district did not report one).What is the graduation rate at Opportunities Academy?
under 50% of the 11 students in Opportunities Academy's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 82.6% across Louisiana. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Opportunities Academy in?
Opportunities Academy, NCES district ID 2200309. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 220030902475 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.