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Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview
About Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview
Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview is a well-populated K-5 school in New Orleans, Louisiana, overseen by Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview. The school educates 690 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 52% bigger than the state mean of about 453.
Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview is a school of Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
On demographics, Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview logs that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 33% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Orleans Parish's rate of about 75%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Orleans Parish) records that median household earnings sit near $56,631, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is McDonogh 35 Senior High School, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, Edward Hynes Charter School - Lakeview runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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