Regular local school district · Orleans Parish
Orleans Parish, LA: schools, enrollment and spending
Orleans Parish runs 6 public schools with 2,322 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.2 students per teacher is 2.7 lower than the Louisiana figure of 13.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,322
- Teachers (FTE)
- 208
- Students per teacher
- 11.2
- LA: 13.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2401 Westbend Parkway, New Orleans, LA 70114
- Phone
- (504)304-5680
- County
- Orleans Parish
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2201170
- State district ID
- LA-036
- Total staff (FTE)
- 410
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 1,161 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 15.0
- Charter schools
- 4
Students per teacher compared
This district11.2
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 (3,269), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $400.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $25.4 million
- State revenue
- $20.6 million
- Local revenue
- $354.0 million
- Total spending
- $392.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $120,035
- Salaries
- $31.1 million7.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $21.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.3%
- State: 5.1%
- Local: 88.5%
Louisiana overall
- Federal: 14.9%
- State: 37.3%
- Local: 47.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$120,035
Louisiana$14,898
United States$16,826
Schools in Orleans Parish
By level: 1 high, 4 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Benjamin Franklin Elementary Math and ScienceCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 8 | 739 | 13.2 |
| Elan Academy Charter SchoolCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 8 | 436 | 7.9 |
| Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/TechnologyCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 8 | 659 | 11.8 |
| The Delores Taylor Arthur School for Young MenCEP schoolCharter | High | 8 to 12 | 77 | 4.8 |
| The Leah Chase School | Elementary | K to 5 | 294 | 12.2 |
| Travis Hill School | Other | 3 to 12 | 117 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Orleans Parish
- The Willow School 2,225 students
- Morris Jeff Community School 1,442 students
- Warren Easton Charter Foundation Inc. 1,138 students
- Edna Karr High School 1,097 students
- International School of Louisiana 1,074 students
- Benjamin Franklin High School 1,056 students
- Bricolage Academy 965 students
- KIPP Ernest N. Dutch Morial 951 students
- New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy 945 students
- Audubon Charter School 937 students
- KIPP East Community Primary 921 students
- Harriet Tubman Charter School 901 students
- Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans 897 students
- KIPP Leadership 890 students
- Dorothy Height Charter School 878 students
More in Louisiana
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.