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Orleans Parish

A public school district in New Orleans, Louisiana, with 6 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

2,322
Students enrolled
208.3
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
410.8
All staff, full-time equivalent
$39,996
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 2,322 in 2024–25
Ranks 4,040th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 52nd of 189 in Louisiana. Larger than 77% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $39,996 in fiscal year 2023
More than 98% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Orleans Parish spent $39,996 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,877 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Orleans Parish spent $39,996 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,877 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$39,996$81.6 million2,040
FY2022$45,736$83.7 million1,830
FY2021$30,003$98.1 million3,269
FY2020$23,436$108.1 million4,612
FY2019$24,434$113.4 million4,642
FY2018$20,647$102.2 million4,952
FY2017$12,761$195.7 million15,336
FY2016$13,290$196.6 million14,795
FY2015$13,620$180.8 million13,271
FY2014$13,569$168.9 million12,447
FY2013$12,027$164.8 million13,707
FY2012$17,588$191.4 million10,881
FY2011$14,509$152.2 million10,493
FY2010$14,513$149.3 million10,287
FY2009$15,009$151.7 million10,109
FY2008$15,361$147.5 million9,601
FY2007$19,925$180.1 million9,039
FY2006$27,456$161.3 million5,874
FY2005$7,877$511.4 million64,920

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Orleans Parish by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$46.8 million6.5%
State$235.2 million32.5%
Local$441.9 million61.0%
Total$724.0 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

6 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Orleans Parish
SchoolStudents
Benjamin Franklin Elementary Math and Science739
Elan Academy Charter School436
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology659
The Delores Taylor Arthur School for Young Men77
The Leah Chase School294
Travis Hill School117

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
2201170

Elsewhere

Sources

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