New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics HS

New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics HS is one of the medium-sized high schools in New Orleans, Louisiana, overseen by New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics HS, with 627 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics HS is a school of New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics HS, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics HS logs that 60% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% White.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.0:1, putting New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics HS tighter than the state norm the norm. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, census data for Orleans Parish shows median household earnings sit near $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. Across Orleans Parish's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students), New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics HS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Phillis Wheatley Community School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics HS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 33%: 473 students in 2018 compared to 627 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 6% to 31% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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