The Leah Chase School

The Leah Chase School is one of the tight-knit K-5 schools in New Orleans, Louisiana, operated by Orleans Parish, with 294 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so The Leah Chase School sits 35% leaner than that benchmark.

Orleans Parish runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,322 students. The Leah Chase School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, The Leah Chase School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). Other groups include 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 55% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, Orleans Parish reports that the typical household earns roughly $56,631 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Orleans Parish's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students), The Leah Chase School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around The Leah Chase School.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

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