Audubon Charter School

Audubon Charter School operates as an expansive elementary-level community in New Orleans, Louisiana, run under Audubon Charter School. Current enrollment sits at 937 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 107% bigger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Audubon Charter School sits inside Audubon Charter School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Audubon Charter School shows that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 35% Black, 9% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Audubon Charter School has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 33% of students at Audubon Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Orleans Parish's rate of about 75%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Orleans Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $56,631, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Orleans Parish's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students), Audubon Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: The Willow School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Audubon Charter School.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, Audubon Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Audubon Charter School's enrollment has ticked up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 858 (now 937). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 46% to 35%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.