New Orleans Center for Creative Arts

New Orleans Center for Creative Arts operates as a minimally staffed 9-12 campus in New Orleans, Louisiana, overseen by New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Current enrollment sits at 224 students spanning grades 9 through 13. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 711 students each, so New Orleans Center for Creative Arts sits 68% leaner than that benchmark.

New Orleans Center for Creative Arts is the operating authority for New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts logs that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 37% White, 17% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully less Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 3.4:1. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 43% of students at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Orleans Parish runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Orleans Parish put median household income runs about $56,631, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. New Orleans Center for Creative Arts is one of 82 public schools in Orleans Parish (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students).

Nearest neighbor: KIPP Leadership, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. New Orleans Center for Creative Arts's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 228 (now 224). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 54% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 3.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.