Sarah Towles Reed High School

Sarah Towles Reed High School operates as a modestly sized 9-12 campus in New Orleans, Louisiana, overseen by Sarah Towles Reed High School. Current enrollment sits at 397 students spanning grades 9 through 13. Enrollment runs roughly 44% smaller than the state mean of about 711.

Sarah Towles Reed High School is the operating authority for Sarah Towles Reed High School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Sarah Towles Reed High School logs that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 39% Hispanic, 5% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Orleans Parish as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Sarah Towles Reed High School logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.0:1, putting Sarah Towles Reed High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Orleans Parish runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Orleans Parish indicate median household income runs about $56,631, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sarah Towles Reed High School is one of 82 public schools in Orleans Parish (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students).

The closest other public school is Einstein Charter Middle Sch at Sarah Towles Reed, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sarah Towles Reed High School.

Sarah Towles Reed High School operates from a high-density location. As a public charter, Sarah Towles Reed High School 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 Sarah Towles Reed High School has edged up 147%, going from 161 students in 2018 to 397 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 24% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 7.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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