Lake Forest Elementary Charter School

Lake Forest Elementary Charter School is one of the substantial elementary-level communitys in New Orleans, Louisiana, operated by Lake Forest Elementary Charter School, with 691 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. That puts it 53% larger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Lake Forest Elementary Charter School is a school of Lake Forest Elementary Charter School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Lake Forest Elementary Charter School reports that nearly all students (82%) are Black; the rest reads as 12% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lake Forest Elementary Charter School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Lake Forest Elementary Charter School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 73% of students at Lake Forest Elementary Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, Orleans Parish reports that the typical household earns roughly $56,631 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Lake Forest Elementary Charter School is one of 82 public schools in Orleans Parish (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students).

Living School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lake Forest Elementary Charter School.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. Lake Forest Elementary Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lake Forest Elementary Charter School has increased 10%, going from 629 students in 2018 to 691 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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