New Orleans Accelerated High School

New Orleans Accelerated High School is a senior high of one-room-style scale in New Orleans, Louisiana, run under New Orleans Accelerated High School, instructing 200 students in grades 8 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 72% smaller than the state mean of about 711.

New Orleans Accelerated High School is the operating authority for New Orleans Accelerated High School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, New Orleans Accelerated High School records that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder reads as 10% Hispanic, 4% White, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 28.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Orleans Parish shows 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. In all, Orleans Parish runs 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students), of which New Orleans Accelerated High School is one.

ReNEW Dolores T. Aaron Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

New Orleans Accelerated High School operates from an urban location. New Orleans Accelerated High School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.