Orleans Public School Enrollment Continues to Climb with Increase in Diversity and Charter Choice
- New Orleans continues its steady increase in enrollment, growing from 39,877 students last year to 42,030 this year.
- The student population continues to diversify, with the percentage of non-African American students growing to 13.7% this year, up from 11.3% last year and 6.6% before Katrina.
- The percentage of students attending charter schools increased sizably, from 71% last year to 77.5% this year
- The percent of students qualifying for free and reduced lunch has remained fairly constant – 83.5% – and is more than 16 percentage points higher than the state average.
View student enrollment for OPSB and RSD by year and by sub-group (white, black, free, reduced).
View the Oct 1 student enrollment by school.
For more information on children in New Orleans, read this report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. It includes demographic and socio-economic data as well as information on educational achievement.