Wilson Charter School

Wilson Charter School is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in New Orleans, Louisiana. It covers pre-K through 8, with a total enrollment of 601 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Louisiana average about 453 students each.

In federal data, the district for Wilson Charter School is the school itself.

A majority of students at Wilson Charter School, 65%, are Black. Other reported shares: 33% Hispanic. Orleans Parish's residents are about 55% Black, 11 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Wilson Charter School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.

Staffing totals 39.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 79%.

Within Orleans Parish, median household income is about $56,631, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Orleans Parish number 82 and enroll about 48,238.

The shortest distance from Wilson Charter School to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Eleanor McMain Secondary School. The five-mile area around Wilson Charter School holds at least 8 other public schools.

Wilson Charter School has an NCES locale of City: Large. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.

The number of students declined from 664 to 601 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 15.3:1, from 17.9:1.

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