📍 3121 St. Bernard Ave., New Orleans, Orleans Parish, 70130
Foundation Preparatory Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in New Orleans, Orleans Parish. The school has 227 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Foundation Preparatory Academy school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 15.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 17% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Foundation Preparatory Academy enrolls 227 students across grades K–8. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 15.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% Black or African American, 39% Hispanic or Latino and 2.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 129 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 89 | 39% |
| White | 6 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
219 of the school's 227 students (96%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 219 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Foundation Preparatory Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-20, state senate district 5, state house district 93.
Foundation Preparatory Academy is one of 1 schools in Foundation Preparatory Academy, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The district serves 274 students district-wide and employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 227 students, Foundation Preparatory Academy is smaller than the district average of about 274 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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