Nola Reporter

There were 6,296 Hispanic students enrolled in Orleans Parish schools in the 2022-23 school year, 8.3% more than the previous year, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

Data showed that Orleans Parish welcomed 47,158 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 13.4% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the parish.

Among the 78 schools in Orleans Parish, Morris Jeff Community School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 403 students.

The majority of Louisiana students were either white (48%) or Black (37%) in the 2021-22 school year.

In 2022, there was roughly one teacher for every 18 students compared to the national average of one teacher for 16 students. Teachers handling a higher number of students was found to have negative consequences for students’ school performance.

School name	% of Hispanic students enrollment	Enrollment of Hispanic Students
Esperanza Charter School	60.2%	322
Einstein Charter School at Village De L'Est	50.4%	242
New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy	41.3%	357
Foundation Preparatory Academy	41.1%	86
Walter L. Cohen College Prep	37%	54
Einstein Charter High School at Sarah Towles Reed	35.5%	122
Einstein Charter Middle School at Sarah Towles Reed	34.9%	76
Success Preparatory Academy	34.4%	157
International High School of New Orleans	33.8%	128
International School of Louisiana	33.5%	382
Wilson Charter School	32.5%	215
Yacs at Lawrence D. Crocker	29.2%	119
Morris Jeff Community School	28.1%	403
Phillis Wheatley Community School	24.2%	186
Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest	22.7%	108
New Harmony High Institute	20.1%	56
New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School	19.7%	112
Lycee Francais De La Nouvelle-Orleans	19.7%	195
Rooted School	18.3%	26
Encore Academy	18.1%	78
Living School	17.6%	36
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts	16.6%	37
Renew Schaumburg Elementary School	16.6%	101
Rosenwald Collegiate Academy	16.5%	52
Dorothy Height Charter School	16.4%	138
Dwight D. Eisenhower Charter School	16.4%	107
Harriet Tubman Charter School	15.1%	126
Mildred Osborne Charter School	14.3%	74
Samuel J. Green Charter School	14.1%	70
Fannie C. Williams Charter School	13.6%	63
Lafayette Academy Charter School	12.8%	70
New Orleans Accelerated High School	12.6%	19
Livingston Collegiate Academy	12.5%	71
The Net Charter High School	12%	21
Homer Plessy Community School	11.5%	85
Sophie B. Wright Institute of Academic Excellence	11.2%	45
Abramson Science Academy	11%	68
G. W. Carver High School	10.4%	78
McDonogh 42 Charter School	10.3%	41
KIPP Central City	10%	83
Renew Dolores T. Aaron Elementary School	9.9%	68
The Net 2 Charter High School	9.7%	14
KIPP Morial	9.3%	92
Lusher Charter School	9.1%	176
Benjamin Franklin High School	8.8%	90
Audubon Charter School	8%	67
Noble Minds	7.9%	11
KIPP East Community	7.5%	75
Pierre A. Capdau Charter School	7.4%	35
Lord Beaconsfield Landry-Oliver Perry Walker High School	7.2%	44
Alice M. Harte Elementary Charter School	7.1%	54
Bricolage Academy	7.1%	65
John F. Kennedy High School	6.8%	35
Elan Academy Charter School	6.6%	24
KIPP Booker T. Washington	6.5%	44
Martin Behrman Charter Academy of Creative Arts & Science	6.3%	54
KIPP Leadership	6%	50
Renew Scitech Academy at Laurel	6%	46
Akili Academy of New Orleans	5.1%	29
KIPP Believe	5.1%	37
Robert Russa Moton Charter School	4.9%	20
Arthur Ashe Charter School	4.8%	38
Eleanor McMain Secondary School	4.6%	37
Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview	4.6%	32
Langston Hughes Charter Academy	4.4%	33
Edna Karr High School	4.2%	46
Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School for Science Tech	3.8%	32
KIPP Renaissance	3.5%	22
McDonogh 35 Senior High School	3.2%	27
Audubon Charter School - Gentilly	3.2%	11
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology	2.7%	19
Opportunities Academy	2.6%	2
Benjamin Franklin Elementary Math and Science	2.4%	17
Warren Easton Charter High School	2.1%	23
Youth Study Center	1.9%	2
Lake Forest Elementary Charter School	1.5%	9
Hynes Parkview	1.5%	7
The Delores Taylor Arthur School for Young Men	1.1%	1