Edward Hynes Charter School - UNO

Located at 1901 Leon C. Simon, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Edward Hynes Charter School - UNO is a mid-tier elementary-level community that serves 577 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Edward Hynes Charter School - UNO. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 27% bigger than typical.

Edward Hynes Charter School - UNO is a school of Edward Hynes Charter School - UNO, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Edward Hynes Charter School - UNO records that Black students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 18% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Orleans Parish as a whole is about 55% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 46% of students at Edward Hynes Charter School - UNO qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Orleans Parish's rate of about 75%.

In the broader community, Orleans Parish reports 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%. Across Orleans Parish's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students), Edward Hynes Charter School - UNO is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Benjamin Franklin High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Edward Hynes Charter School - UNO operates from a downtown location. Edward Hynes Charter School - UNO operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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