KIPP Morial

KIPP Morial is a large elementary school in New Orleans, Louisiana, one of the schools in KIPP Ernest N. Dutch Morial. There are 951 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 8. The school is 110% larger than the average for elementary schools in Louisiana.

KIPP Morial is administered by KIPP Ernest N. Dutch Morial.

Of every 100 students at KIPP Morial, about 86 are Black. The remaining students are 12% Hispanic. Census figures show Orleans Parish is about 55% Black. A diversity index of 25% means there is a 25% chance two randomly chosen students at KIPP Morial are from different groups.

Staffing at KIPP Morial comes to 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.0:1. The school's 12.0:1 compares with an average of 14.0:1 for elementary schools in Louisiana. On the income side, 88% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 75% average for public schools in Orleans Parish is 13 points lower.

For the population of Orleans Parish, the median household earns about $56,631 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. Across Orleans Parish, 82 public schools serve about 48,238 students.

Livingston Collegiate Academy is about 0.5 miles from KIPP Morial, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

In the federal locale system, KIPP Morial is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.

The school's size has been steady, with 937 students in 2020-21 and 951 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.0:1 to 12.0:1 over the same years.

KIPP Morial has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.