Wilson Charter School

Wilson Charter School operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in New Orleans, Louisiana, overseen by Wilson Charter School. Current enrollment sits at 601 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 33% above the state mean of about 453.

Wilson Charter School is the operating authority for Wilson Charter School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Wilson Charter School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 33% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 55% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, Orleans Parish reports that median household income runs about $56,631, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orleans Parish runs 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students), of which Wilson Charter School is one.

Eleanor McMain Secondary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. Wilson Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 643 students in 2018 compared to 601 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 82% to 65%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

On this page, members of the Wilson Charter School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.