Walter L. Cohen High School

Walter L. Cohen High School operates as a small high school in New Orleans, Louisiana, run under Walter L. Cohen High School. Current enrollment sits at 413 students spanning grades 9 through 13. Enrollment runs roughly 42% below the state mean of about 711.

Operationally, Walter L. Cohen High School answers to Walter L. Cohen High School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Walter L. Cohen High School logs that Black students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school reports 34% Hispanic, 4% White.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Orleans Parish put median household earnings sit near $56,631, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Orleans Parish runs 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students), of which Walter L. Cohen High School is one.

Young Audiences at Crocker Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walter L. Cohen High School.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. As a public charter, Walter L. Cohen High School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.