Akili Academy of New Orleans

As an average-sized K-12 campus in New Orleans, Louisiana, Akili Academy of New Orleans hosts students from the surrounding community from grade M, operated by Akili Academy of New Orleans.

Akili Academy of New Orleans sits inside Akili Academy of New Orleans, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the resource side, The student-to-teacher ratio at Akili Academy of New Orleans reports approximately 16.4:1. The state averages around 52.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Orleans Parish) reports that median household earnings sit near $56,631, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orleans Parish runs 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students), of which Akili Academy of New Orleans is one.

Nearest neighbor: Frederick A. Douglass High School, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site. Akili Academy of New Orleans operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 5 years. Over the past 5-year window, the student count fell 6%: 624 students in 2018 compared to 589 in 2023. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 98% to 91%. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2023.

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