Foundation Preparatory Academy

This page covers Foundation Preparatory Academy, a low-enrollment elementary school in New Orleans, Louisiana. There are 274 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 8. That puts enrollment 40% below the 453-student average for elementary schools in Louisiana.

Foundation Preparatory Academy is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.

Of every 100 students at Foundation Preparatory Academy, about 76 are Black. It is also 23% Hispanic. Orleans Parish's residents are about 55% Black, 21 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Foundation Preparatory Academy scores 37%.

Foundation Preparatory Academy has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1, with 17.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. The school has 91% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 75% for public schools in Orleans Parish.

For the population of Orleans Parish, median household income comes to about $56,631, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Orleans Parish counts 82 public schools with about 48,238 students.

About 0.4 miles separate Foundation Preparatory Academy from the closest public school, Langston Hughes Charter Academy. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists Foundation Preparatory Academy as a charter school.

Enrollment increased 33% over 4 years, reaching 274 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.4:1 to 15.6:1.

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