Frederick A. Douglass High School

At 3820 St. Claude Ave in New Orleans, Louisiana, Frederick A. Douglass High School operates as a mid-sized high school. It offers grades 9 through 13 and has 658 students enrolled.

Frederick A. Douglass High School is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.

At Frederick A. Douglass High School, 93% of students are Black. The remaining students are 5% Hispanic. Census figures show Orleans Parish is about 55% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Frederick A. Douglass High School scores 13%.

Frederick A. Douglass High School reported 45 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.6:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Louisiana is 18.0:1. There are 575 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 87% of enrollment. That is higher than the 75% average for public schools in Orleans Parish.

In Orleans Parish, where the school is located, the median household earns about $56,631 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Counting Frederick A. Douglass High School, Orleans Parish has 82 public schools.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, is about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The NCES locale for Frederick A. Douglass High School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.

Enrollment at Frederick A. Douglass High School was 655 in 2020-21 and 658 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.8:1 to 14.6:1.

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