Foundation Preparatory Academy

Foundation Preparatory Academy is an elementary-level community of modestly sized scale in New Orleans, Louisiana, one of the schools within Foundation Preparatory Academy, enrolling 274 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Foundation Preparatory Academy sits 40% below that benchmark.

Foundation Preparatory Academy is a school of Foundation Preparatory Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Foundation Preparatory Academy logs that Black students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder breaks down as 23% Hispanic. By comparison, Orleans Parish as a whole is about 55% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Foundation Preparatory Academy has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Orleans Parish's rate of about 75%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Orleans Parish put 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. In all, Orleans Parish runs 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students), of which Foundation Preparatory Academy is one.

Langston Hughes Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. As a public charter, Foundation Preparatory Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.