📍 12000 Hayne Blvd., New Orleans, Orleans Parish, 70128
New Orleans Accelerated High School is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in New Orleans, Orleans Parish. The school has 300 pupils enrolled. It is part of the New Orleans Accelerated High School school district. It serves grades 8–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 7.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 40.7:1. It operates as a public charter school. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
New Orleans Accelerated High School enrolls 300 students across grades 8–12. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 7.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 40.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Black or African American, 9% Hispanic or Latino and 1.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 260 | 87% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 | 9% |
| White | 5 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
239 of the school's 300 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 239 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.
New Orleans Accelerated High School 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 4, state house district 100.
New Orleans Accelerated High School is one of 1 schools in New Orleans Accelerated High School, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The district serves 200 students district-wide and employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 300 students, New Orleans Accelerated High School is larger than the district average of about 200 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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