Fannie C. Williams Charter School

Fannie C. Williams Charter School, a moderately sized elementary campus in New Orleans, Louisiana, run under Fannie C Williams Charter School, educates 485 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Operationally, Fannie C. Williams Charter School answers to Fannie C Williams Charter School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Fannie C. Williams Charter School records that the largest single group is Black, at 78% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 21% Hispanic. By comparison, Orleans Parish as a whole is about 55% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Fannie C. Williams Charter School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Fannie C. Williams Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Orleans Parish (around 75%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Orleans Parish put median household earnings sit near $56,631, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Fannie C. Williams Charter School is one of 82 public schools in Orleans Parish (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students).

Einstein Charter at Sherwood Forest is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, Fannie C. Williams Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Fannie C. Williams Charter School's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 571 (now 485). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 6% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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