Dorothy Height Charter School

As a sprawling elementary-level community in New Orleans, Louisiana, Dorothy Height Charter School works with 878 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by Dorothy Height Charter School. That puts it 94% above the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Dorothy Height Charter School reports that Black students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school logs 20% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, Dorothy Height Charter School shows 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at Dorothy Height Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, census data for Orleans Parish shows median household earnings sit near $56,631, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Orleans Parish runs 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students), of which Dorothy Height Charter School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Alice M Harte Elementary Charter School, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site. Dorothy Height Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Dorothy Height Charter School's enrollment has edged up 37% since 2018, when it stood at 640 (now 878). Black enrollment moved from 90% to 76% across the same window.

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