ReNEW Laurel Elementary

As an average-sized elementary-level community in New Orleans, Louisiana, ReNEW Laurel Elementary instructs 641 students from grades pre-K through 8, run under ReNEW SciTech Academy at Laurel. Enrollment runs roughly 42% larger than the state mean of about 453.

ReNEW Laurel Elementary sits inside ReNEW SciTech Academy at Laurel, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ReNEW Laurel Elementary shows that nearly all students (88%) are Black. The remainder comes out to 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Orleans Parish (around 75%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Orleans Parish put median household earnings sit near $56,631, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Orleans Parish runs 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students), of which ReNEW Laurel Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: International School of Louisiana, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

ReNEW Laurel Elementary operates from a downtown location. As a public charter, ReNEW Laurel Elementary runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ReNEW Laurel Elementary has stayed largely flat, going from 641 students in 2018 to 641 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 95% to 88% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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