Nola Reporter

There were 32,960 Black students enrolled in Orleans Parish schools in the 2023-24 school year, 4% less than the previous year, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

Data showed that Orleans Parish welcomed 45,914 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 71.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the parish.

Among the 73 schools within the parish, Warren Easton Charter High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,069 students.

Louisiana's educational performance is among the lowest in the nation, according to a WalletHub analysis. The state was ranked 47th overall, based on factors such as class size, student performance, funding, school safety, and teacher qualifications.

School name	% of Black students enrollment	Number of Black Students	Total Enrollment
Martin Behrman Charter Academy of Creative Arts & Science	99.4%	821	826
Warren Easton Charter High School	96.7%	1,069	1,105
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology	95.6%	678	709
McDonogh 35 Senior High School	95.6%	800	837
Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School for Science Tech	95.5%	779	816
Youth Study Center	95%	113	119
KIPP Renaissance	94.8%	596	629
Benjamin Franklin Elementary Math and Science	94.8%	679	716
Eleanor McMain Secondary School	94.5%	654	692
Lord Beaconsfield Landry-Oliver Perry Walker High School	94.3%	562	596
The Net 2 Charter High School	93.3%	126	135
Hynes Parkview	93.2%	466	500
KIPP Booker T. Washington	92.5%	532	575
Opportunities Academy	92.2%	71	77
The Delores Taylor Arthur School for Young Men	92%	104	113
KIPP Believe	91.8%	676	736
John F. Kennedy High School	91.8%	529	576
Robert Russa Moton Charter School	91.7%	341	372
Arthur Ashe Charter School	91.5%	700	765
Alice M. Harte Elementary Charter School	91.4%	667	730
KIPP East Community	90.3%	862	955
Langston Hughes Charter Academy	89.8%	705	785
Sophie B. Wright Institute of Academic Excellence	89.7%	481	536
McDonogh 42 Charter School	89.5%	552	617
Edna Karr High School	89.3%	989	1,107
KIPP Leadership	89.2%	806	904
Renew Scitech Academy at Laurel	89%	742	834
G. W. Carver High School	88.9%	659	741
New Orleans Accelerated High School	87.9%	160	182
Renew Dolores T. Aaron Elementary School	87.8%	619	705
Lafayette Academy Charter School	87.7%	435	496
KIPP Morial	86.9%	851	979
Noble Minds	86.2%	137	159
KIPP Central City	85.7%	732	854
Elan Academy Charter School	84.5%	333	394
Lake Forest Elementary Charter School	84%	548	652
Abramson Science Academy	83.3%	534	641
The Net Charter High School	82.7%	139	168
Rooted School	82%	109	133
Renew Schaumburg Elementary School	80%	529	661
Fannie C. Williams Charter School	79.6%	364	457
Livingston Collegiate Academy	79.1%	457	578
Dwight D. Eisenhower Charter School	78.9%	482	611
Dorothy Height Charter School	77.9%	668	858
Audubon Charter School - Gentilly	77.5%	316	408
Harriet Tubman Charter School	76.8%	689	897
Samuel J. Green Charter School	75.9%	419	552
Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest	72.3%	266	368
Phillis Wheatley Community School	70.3%	567	806
Living School	69.8%	118	169
New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School	69.3%	411	593
Rosenwald Collegiate Academy	66.8%	254	380
Wilson Charter School	65.2%	398	610
Yacs at Lawrence D. Crocker	63.8%	296	464
Success Preparatory Academy	63.3%	285	450
Bricolage Academy	62.6%	599	957
Foundation Preparatory Academy	62%	127	205
International High School of New Orleans	58.3%	238	408
Einstein Charter High School at Sarah Towles Reed	51.3%	192	374
Homer Plessy Community School	49.3%	371	753
Einstein Charter Middle School at Sarah Towles Reed	46.6%	131	281
Morris Jeff Community School	45.6%	660	1,447
New Harmony High Institute	44.7%	152	340
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts	42.9%	97	226
Audubon Charter School	38.5%	353	916
Esperanza Charter School	37.8%	204	540
Einstein Charter School at Village De L'Est	35.2%	145	412
International School of Louisiana	33.8%	361	1,069
Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview	32.4%	232	717
Benjamin Franklin High School	28.8%	302	1,049
New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy	28%	251	896
Lycee Francais De La Nouvelle-Orleans	26%	244	938
Lusher Charter School	20.7%	426	2,058