Booker T. Washington High School

Booker T. Washington High School is a modestly sized four-year high school in New Orleans, Louisiana, overseen by KIPP Booker T. Washington. The school educates 532 students in grades 9 through 13. Enrollment runs roughly 25% below the state mean of about 711.

KIPP Booker T. Washington is the operating authority for Booker T. Washington High School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Booker T. Washington High School logs that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 55% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Orleans Parish (around 75%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Orleans Parish) records that median household income runs about $56,631, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Booker T. Washington High School is one of 82 public schools in Orleans Parish (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students).

The closest other public school is Opportunities Academy, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Booker T. Washington High School operates from a city-core location. As a public charter, Booker T. Washington High School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 135%: 226 students in 2018 compared to 532 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.