Arthur Ashe Charter School

Arthur Ashe Charter School is a large elementary school in Louisiana, located in New Orleans. It enrolled 778 students in kindergarten through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Louisiana average about 453 students each.

In federal data, the district for Arthur Ashe Charter School is the school itself.

Black students are the large majority at Arthur Ashe Charter School, with 93% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 5% Hispanic. In Orleans Parish overall, about 55% of residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Arthur Ashe Charter School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 14%.

Its teaching staff equals 51 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 88%. The gap from the 75% average for public schools in Orleans Parish is 13 points.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Orleans Parish show that median household income is about $56,631, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 82 public schools in Orleans Parish, with a combined enrollment of about 48,238.

John F. Kennedy High School is the public school closest to Arthur Ashe Charter School, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Arthur Ashe Charter School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Arthur Ashe Charter School operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.

Arthur Ashe Charter School saw enrollment fall 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio was 23.5:1 in 2020-21 and 15.3:1 in 2024-25.

To ask about school safety, transportation, and start times, start a discussion on this page. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.