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Orleans Parish · Louisiana

New Orleans, LA public schools

Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Orleans Parish — federal education data, not a star rating.

Quick answer

Orleans Parish is the primary public district for New Orleans, LA. It enrolls 2,040 students in 5 schools with 140 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $120,035 per pupil, 593% above the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.

Students enrolled
2,040NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
Schools in the district
5Operating school count
Students per teacher
14.6Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
Spending per pupil
$120,035Total current expenditure, FY2020

Who pays for schools in New Orleans

Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.

Local revenue
88.5%
$354,018,000
State revenue
5.1%
$20,563,000
Federal revenue
6.3%
$25,389,000

Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the New Orleans property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 8 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.

What this data covers

Read this before comparing districts.

Figures describe Orleans Parish (LEAID 2201170) as a whole, not any individual school. Charter schools authorised outside the district, private schools and regional vocational schools are not included. Where a city is served by a county-wide district, the county district is used and its catchment is wider than the city limits. Enrollment is from the 2021-22 NCES collection; money is from the FY2020 Census school finance survey, which is the most recent complete national release — the two years do not line up exactly, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a current budget line.

Other New Orleans data on this site.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data + Census F-33, via Urban Institute Education Data · rates as published for 2021-22 / FY2020

NCES LEAID 2201170. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.