The Willow School

The Willow School is a public large school serving multiple grade levels in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school covers kindergarten through 12 and reported 2,225 students in 2024-25. On average, combined schools in Louisiana enroll around 527, and this school is 322% bigger than that mark.

The Willow School is its own local education agency in federal data.

Federal enrollment data show The Willow School is 56% White. The remaining shares are 23% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Orleans Parish as a whole is about 31% White, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.

The Willow School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1, with 139.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 52.1:1 average for combined schools in Louisiana, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 19% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 75% for public schools in Orleans Parish.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Orleans Parish show that the median household earns about $56,631 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Orleans Parish has 82 public schools with about 48,238 students, including The Willow School.

Eleanor McMain Secondary School is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large. As a charter school, The Willow School is publicly funded and operates under a charter.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 1,883 to 2,225, an 18% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.4:1 to 15.9:1.

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