L.B. Landry High School

L.B. Landry High School is a 9-12 campus of close-knit scale in New Orleans, Louisiana, operated by Lord Beaconsfield Landry-Oliver Perry Walker High, caters to 555 students in grades 9 through 13. Enrollment runs roughly 22% smaller than the state mean of about 711.

Lord Beaconsfield Landry-Oliver Perry Walker High is the operating authority for L.B. Landry High School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, L.B. Landry High School logs that 89% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 10% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 55% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, L.B. Landry High School logs 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Orleans Parish reports that the typical household earns roughly $56,631 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. L.B. Landry High School is one of 82 public schools in Orleans Parish (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students).

Nearest neighbor: Harriet Tubman Charter School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an urban setting. L.B. Landry High School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. L.B. Landry High School's enrollment has edged down 52% since 2018, when it stood at 1,155 (now 555). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 3% to 10%. Class-load math has fell: from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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