Nola Reporter

There were 714 Asian students enrolled in Orleans Parish schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.8% less 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, Asian students comprised 1.5% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the parish.

Among the 78 schools in Orleans Parish, Benjamin Franklin High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 195 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 Asian students enrollment	Enrollment of Asian Students
Benjamin Franklin High School	19%	195
Einstein Charter Middle School at Sarah Towles Reed	14.2%	31
Lake Forest Elementary Charter School	12.1%	72
Einstein Charter High School at Sarah Towles Reed	11.6%	40
Einstein Charter School at Village De L'Est	10%	48
Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview	5.1%	36
Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest	4.8%	23
Abramson Science Academy	4.2%	26
Lusher Charter School	4%	77
International High School of New Orleans	2.4%	9
New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy	2.3%	20
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts	1.8%	4
Audubon Charter School	1.6%	13
Dwight D. Eisenhower Charter School	1.5%	10
New Harmony High Institute	1.4%	4
Homer Plessy Community School	1.4%	10
Lycee Francais De La Nouvelle-Orleans	1.4%	14
The Delores Taylor Arthur School for Young Men	1.1%	1
International School of Louisiana	1.1%	13
Audubon Charter School - Gentilly	0.9%	3
Edna Karr High School	0.8%	9
Benjamin Franklin Elementary Math and Science	0.6%	4
Harriet Tubman Charter School	0.6%	5
Fannie C. Williams Charter School	0.6%	3
Morris Jeff Community School	0.6%	9
McDonogh 42 Charter School	0.5%	2
Foundation Preparatory Academy	0.5%	1
Renew Scitech Academy at Laurel	0.5%	4
Alice M. Harte Elementary Charter School	0.4%	3
New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School	0.4%	2
Livingston Collegiate Academy	0.4%	2
Elan Academy Charter School	0.3%	1
Lord Beaconsfield Landry-Oliver Perry Walker High School	0.3%	2
Samuel J. Green Charter School	0.2%	1
Warren Easton Charter High School	0.2%	2
Hynes Parkview	0.2%	1
Lafayette Academy Charter School	0.2%	1
Dorothy Height Charter School	0.2%	2
Robert Russa Moton Charter School	0.2%	1
Renew Schaumburg Elementary School	0.2%	1
Success Preparatory Academy	0.2%	1
Wilson Charter School	0.2%	1
KIPP Leadership	0.1%	1
KIPP East Community	0.1%	1
Arthur Ashe Charter School	0.1%	1
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology	0.1%	1
Eleanor McMain Secondary School	0.1%	1
Bricolage Academy	0.1%	1
G. W. Carver High School	0.1%	1