Arthur Ashe Charter School

Set in New Orleans, Louisiana, Arthur Ashe Charter School is a sizable primary school, part of Arthur Ashe Charter School. It serves 778 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 72% bigger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Arthur Ashe Charter School is a school of Arthur Ashe Charter School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Arthur Ashe Charter School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (93%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Orleans Parish as a whole is about 55% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Arthur Ashe Charter School records 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Arthur Ashe Charter School higher than the state norm the norm. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Orleans Parish's rate of about 75%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Orleans Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $56,631 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orleans Parish's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students), Arthur Ashe Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: John F. Kennedy High School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Arthur Ashe Charter School.

Arthur Ashe Charter School operates from an urban location. As a public charter, Arthur Ashe Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arthur Ashe Charter School has contracted 7%, going from 836 students in 2018 to 778 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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