Charter agency · Orleans Parish
Dorothy Height Charter School, LA: schools, enrollment and spending
Dorothy Height Charter School runs 1 public school with 878 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 14.9 students per teacher is 1.0 higher than the Louisiana figure of 13.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 878
- Teachers (FTE)
- 59
- Students per teacher
- 14.9
- LA: 13.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 3819 Herschel Street, New Orleans, LA 70114
- Phone
- (504)941-1810
- County
- Orleans Parish
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 2200243
- State district ID
- LA-WAM
- Total staff (FTE)
- 141
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 439 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district14.9
Louisiana13.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (822), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $11.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.1 million
- State revenue
- $4.1 million
- Local revenue
- $5.2 million
- Total spending
- $11.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,612
- Salaries
- $6.2 million55.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.7%
- State: 35.9%
- Local: 45.5%
Louisiana overall
- Federal: 14.9%
- State: 37.3%
- Local: 47.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,612
Louisiana$14,898
United States$16,826
Schools in Dorothy Height Charter School
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dorothy Height Charter SchoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 8 | 878 | 14.9 |
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Other districts in Orleans Parish
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.