How many Asian students were enrolled in Orleans Parish schools in 2023-24 school year?

Dr. Cade Brumley Louisiana State Superintendent of Education | https://www.nsula.edu

By Nola Reporter

Dec 3, 2024

There were 696 Asian students enrolled in Orleans Parish schools in the 2023-24 school year, 2.5% 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, Asian students comprised 1.5% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the parish.

Among the 73 schools within the parish, Benjamin Franklin High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 179 students.

According to a 2023 Scholaroo study, Louisiana's educational performance is among the lowest in the nation, ranking second-to-last behind Arizona. The state ranked poorly in key metrics such as school quality, student achievement, and teacher-student ratios.

Ethnicities in Orleans Parish in 2023-24 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Orleans Parish Schools During 2023-24 School Year

School name	% of Asian students enrollment	Number of Asian Students	Total Enrollment
Benjamin Franklin High School	17.1%	179	1,049
Einstein Charter Middle School at Sarah Towles Reed	13.5%	38	281
Lake Forest Elementary Charter School	13.2%	86	652
Einstein Charter High School at Sarah Towles Reed	8.6%	32	374
Einstein Charter School at Village De L'Est	8%	33	412
Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview	5.2%	37	717
Lusher Charter School	4.4%	91	2,058
Abramson Science Academy	3.9%	25	641
Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest	3.3%	12	368
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts	2.2%	5	226
New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy	2.2%	20	896
Lord Beaconsfield Landry-Oliver Perry Walker High School	2%	12	596
Lycee Francais De La Nouvelle-Orleans	1.4%	13	938
New Harmony High Institute	1.2%	4	340
International School of Louisiana	1.2%	13	1,069
Audubon Charter School	1.1%	10	916
Dwight D. Eisenhower Charter School	1.1%	7	611
Homer Plessy Community School	1.1%	8	753
The Delores Taylor Arthur School for Young Men	0.9%	1	113
Elan Academy Charter School	0.8%	3	394
Rooted School	0.8%	1	133
Edna Karr High School	0.7%	8	1,107
The Net 2 Charter High School	0.7%	1	135
Harriet Tubman Charter School	0.7%	6	897
The Net Charter High School	0.6%	1	168
Renew Scitech Academy at Laurel	0.6%	5	834
International High School of New Orleans	0.5%	2	408
Morris Jeff Community School	0.5%	7	1,447
Foundation Preparatory Academy	0.5%	1	205
Benjamin Franklin Elementary Math and Science	0.4%	3	716
Warren Easton Charter High School	0.4%	4	1,105
Samuel J. Green Charter School	0.4%	2	552
Fannie C. Williams Charter School	0.4%	2	457
Hynes Parkview	0.4%	2	500
Alice M. Harte Elementary Charter School	0.3%	2	730
New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School	0.3%	2	593
Dorothy Height Charter School	0.3%	3	858
Martin Behrman Charter Academy of Creative Arts & Science	0.2%	2	826
Sophie B. Wright Institute of Academic Excellence	0.2%	1	536
Wilson Charter School	0.2%	1	610
Audubon Charter School - Gentilly	0.2%	1	408
Success Preparatory Academy	0.2%	1	450
Esperanza Charter School	0.2%	1	540
Livingston Collegiate Academy	0.2%	1	578
KIPP Leadership	0.1%	1	904
KIPP East Community	0.1%	1	955
Eleanor McMain Secondary School	0.1%	1	692
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology	0.1%	1	709
Arthur Ashe Charter School	0.1%	1	765
Phillis Wheatley Community School	0.1%	1	806
G. W. Carver High School	0.1%	1	741
Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School for Science Tech	0.1%	1	816