Frederick A. Douglass High School

Frederick A. Douglass High School, a medium-sized four-year high school in New Orleans, Louisiana, overseen by Frederick A. Douglass High School, teaches 658 students, covering grades 9 through 13.

Operationally, Frederick A. Douglass High School answers to Frederick A. Douglass High School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Frederick A. Douglass High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (93%). The remainder breaks down as 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Orleans Parish as a whole is about 55% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Orleans Parish (around 75%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Orleans Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $56,631 per year, 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 Frederick A. Douglass High School is one.

New Orleans Center for Creative Arts is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. Frederick A. Douglass High School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 19%: 553 students in 2018 compared to 658 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Frederick A. Douglass High School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.