Langston Hughes Charter Academy

Located at 3519 Trafalgar Street, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Langston Hughes Charter Academy is a well-populated elementary campus that teaches 791 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under Langston Hughes Charter Academy. Enrollment runs roughly 75% larger than the state mean of about 453.

Langston Hughes Charter Academy is the operating authority for Langston Hughes Charter Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Langston Hughes Charter Academy logs that nearly all students (88%) are Black. The remainder breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Orleans Parish (around 75%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Orleans Parish) reports that 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), Langston Hughes Charter Academy is one campus in the mix.

Foundation Preparatory Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Langston Hughes Charter Academy.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 805 students in 2018 compared to 791 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 98% to 88% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.