KIPP Morial

KIPP Morial is an elementary school of large scale in New Orleans, Louisiana, overseen by KIPP Ernest N. Dutch Morial, educateing 951 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 110% above the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

KIPP Ernest N. Dutch Morial is the operating authority for KIPP Morial, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, KIPP Morial shows that nearly all students (86%) are Black; the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic. By comparison, Orleans Parish as a whole is about 55% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orleans Parish runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Orleans Parish indicate median household income runs about $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. Across Orleans Parish's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students), KIPP Morial is one campus in the mix.

Livingston Collegiate Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIPP Morial.

The school occupies an inner-city site. KIPP Morial is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 933 students in 2018 compared to 951 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 4% to 12% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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