Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest

Set in New Orleans, Louisiana, Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest is a close-knit primary school, one of the schools within Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest. It teaches 342 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 25% below typical.

Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest sits inside Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest reports that 70% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder reads as 23% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Orleans Parish runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Orleans Parish indicate 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. Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest is one of 82 public schools in Orleans Parish (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students).

Fannie C. Williams Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 29%: 479 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 10% to 3% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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