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Enrollment
659
Elementary
DISTRICT 532 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORLEANS PARISH·NCES 220117000856
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology
2401 Humanity Street, New Orleans, LA 70122 · (504) 324-7076 · Orleans Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL659 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
652 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 69 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (69).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
36.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
15.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 36.0% | 15.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 19.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 13% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology this school | 659 | 98.9% | 24.2% |
| Willow Charter Academy Lafayette | 605 | 98.2% | N/A |
| Benjamin Franklin Elem. Math and Science New Orleans | 739 | 97.2% | 23.7% |
| Advantage Charter Academy Baker | 743 | 96.8% | N/A |
| Martin Behrman Charter Acad of Creative Arts & Sci New Orleans | 756 | 95.9% | N/A |
| Mabel Brasher Montessori Alexandria | 508 | 97.8% | 15.0% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Orleans Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #389 of 583 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #506 of 582 ▼ 95 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #341 of 587 ▼ 32 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #175 of 540 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 659 | #98 of 714 | #23 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #140 of 655 | #8 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.8% | #632 of 655 | #42 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #6 of 705 | #2 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #335 of 436 | #10 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
659
-52 (-7%) vs 2020
+130% since 1990-91, when it was 287
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 19.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 659 | 56 | 11.8:1 | 99% (652) |
| 2023-24 | 745 | 60.7 | 12.3:1 | 93% (693) |
| 2022-23 | 745 | 54.9 | 13.6:1 | 93% (696) |
| 2020-21 | 711 | 36 | 19.8:1 | 72% (515) |
| 2017-18 | 709 | 33.6 | 21.1:1 | 52% (369) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | N/A | N/A | 55% (278) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 83% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 261 | 17 | 15.3:1 | 88% (230) |
| 1990-91 | 287 | 21 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (709 to 659); teachers up 67% (33.6 to 56).
About Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology is an elementary school located in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish. It is open to students in pre-K through 8 and enrolls 659 students. That is 45% larger than the average of about 453 students for elementary schools in Louisiana.
Orleans Parish counts 2,322 students in its 6 schools, and Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology is one of them.
Black students are 97% of those enrolled at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology. The next largest groups are 2% Hispanic. In Orleans Parish overall, about 55% of residents are Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 7, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 56 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology, giving a ratio of 11.8:1. Elementary schools in Louisiana have an average ratio of 14.0:1. By family income, 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Orleans Parish average 75%.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology outscored 48%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology is 13.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.2%.
American Community Survey estimates for Orleans Parish show that the median household earns about $56,631 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. Across Orleans Parish, 82 public schools serve about 48,238 students.
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology's closest public school neighbor is The Delores Taylor Arthur School for Young Men, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology, there are at least 8 other public schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is 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.
Enrollment was 659 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 711. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 19.8:1 in 2020-21 to 11.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Orleans Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
371,853
Census ACS
Median income
$56,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
82
48,238 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Orleans Parish
- Benjamin Franklin Elem. Math and ScienceElementary · 739 students
- Elan Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 436 students
- The Leah Chase SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Travis Hill SchoolCombined · 117 students
- The Delores Taylor Arthur School for Young MenHigh · 77 students
Other schools in New Orleans
- The Willow SchoolCombined · 2,225 students
- Morris Jeff Community SchoolCombined · 1,442 students
- Warren Easton Charter High SchoolHigh · 1,138 students
- Edna Karr High SchoolHigh · 1,097 students
- International School of LouisianaElementary · 1,074 students
- Benjamin Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,056 students
Nearby schools
- The Delores Taylor Arthur School for Young Men0.8 mi · 77
- G W Carver High School1.0 mi · 771
- Audubon Charter Gentilly1.1 mi · 448
- Foundation Preparatory Academy1.2 mi · 274
- KIPP Believe1.5 mi · 710
- Edward Hynes Charter School - Parkview1.6 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/TechnologyHow many students attend Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology?
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology enrolls approximately 659 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology serve?
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology have?
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology?
At Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology, the student body is approximately 0% White, 2% Hispanic, 97% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology public or private?
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Orleans Parish.
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