📍 721 St. Philip Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, 70116
Homer Plessy Community School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in New Orleans, Orleans Parish. The school has 779 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Homer Plessy Community School school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 52.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. It operates as a public charter school.
Homer Plessy Community School enrolls 779 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 52.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Black or African American, 32% White and 12% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 349 | 45% |
| White | 252 | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 91 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 61 | 7.8% |
| Asian | 13 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 9 | 1.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
458 of the school's 779 students (59%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 430 qualify for free lunch and 28 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Homer Plessy Community 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 3, state house district 93.
Homer Plessy Community School is one of 1 schools in Homer Plessy Community School, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The district serves 781 students district-wide and employs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 779 students, Homer Plessy Community School is close to the district average of about 781 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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