Martin Behrman Charter Acad of Creative Arts & Sci

Martin Behrman Charter Acad of Creative Arts & Sci is a K-5 school of well-populated scale in New Orleans, Louisiana, overseen by Martin Behrman Elementary School, works with 756 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Martin Behrman Charter Acad of Creative Arts & Sci sits 67% larger than that benchmark.

Martin Behrman Charter Acad of Creative Arts & Sci is a school of Martin Behrman Elementary School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Martin Behrman Charter Acad of Creative Arts & Sci lists that nearly all students (91%) are Black. Beyond that, the school records 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Orleans Parish as a whole is about 55% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Martin Behrman Charter Acad of Creative Arts & Sci has 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.7:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Orleans Parish (around 75%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Orleans Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $56,631 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Martin Behrman Charter Acad of Creative Arts & Sci is one of 82 public schools in Orleans Parish (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students).

The closest other public school is L.B. Landry High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Martin Behrman Charter Acad of Creative Arts & Sci.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. Martin Behrman Charter Acad of Creative Arts & Sci is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Martin Behrman Charter Acad of Creative Arts & Sci has remained close to its prior level, going from 745 students in 2018 to 756 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 1% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 today.

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