📍 2401 Humanity Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, 70122
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in New Orleans, Orleans Parish. The school has 745 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Orleans Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 54.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. It operates as a public charter school. 33% of students are proficient in reading. 11% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology enrolls 745 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 54.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Black or African American, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 715 | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 25 | 3.4% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
696 of the school's 745 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 694 qualify for free lunch and 2 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology 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 97.
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology is one of 5 schools in Orleans Parish, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The district serves 2,322 students district-wide and employs 140 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 745 students, Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology is larger than the district average of about 464 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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