Homer Plessy Community School

Homer Plessy Community School is a well-populated elementary school in New Orleans, Louisiana, part of Homer Plessy Community School. The school caters to 781 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 72% above typical.

Homer Plessy Community School is the operating authority for Homer Plessy Community School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Homer Plessy Community School logs that the largest single group is Black at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 27% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Orleans Parish as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Homer Plessy Community School lists 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Roughly 69% of students at Homer Plessy Community School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Orleans Parish put median household income runs about $56,631, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Homer Plessy Community School is one of 82 public schools in Orleans Parish (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students).

The closest other public school is Phillis Wheatley Community School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site. Homer Plessy Community School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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