New Orleans, LA

Kids in New Orleans

Public-school enrollment and staffing from NCES, plus bedrooms, childcare and how educated the adults already here are. This is not a GreatSchools ranking.

Public-school students: 123,974; NCES CCD 2024-2025, regular and charter districts in this metro.
Pupil–teacher ratio: 13.3; 9,331 teachers across 76 districts and 201 schools.
Districts / schools: 76 / 201; Open regular, component and charter LEAs geocoded to this CBSA.

Bedrooms you set: 1; A household this size usually wants a studio.
Childcare in this setup: $0; No kids under 5 in the current household, so this is $0.
Leftover with current kids: $2,422; After tax, rent and everything else.

Largest public school districts

The 12 biggest open regular and charter districts geocoded to the New Orleans metro, ranked by students enrolled. District websites are the direct source for enrollment boundaries, calendars and programs.

District	City	Students	Schools	Pupil–teacher
Jefferson Parish	Harvey	46,790	75	14.4
St. Charles Parish	Luling	8,756	15	10.2
St. Bernard Parish	Chalmette	7,592	12	14.1
St. John the Baptist Parish	Reserve	5,039	10	12.7
Plaquemines Parish	Belle Chasse	3,510	8	11.8
St. James Parish	Lutcher	3,194	6	11.5
Orleans Parish	New Orleans	2,322	6	11.1
The Willow School	New Orleans	2,225	1	15.9
Morris Jeff Community School	New Orleans	1,442	1	12.6
Warren Easton Charter Foundation Inc.	New Orleans	1,138	1	17.5
Edna Karr High School	New Orleans	1,097	1	14.5
International School of Louisiana	New Orleans	1,074	1	14.6

Jefferson Parish
Harvey
Students
46,790
Schools
75
Pupil–teacher
14.4
St. Charles Parish
Luling
Students
8,756
Schools
15
Pupil–teacher
10.2
St. Bernard Parish
Chalmette
Students
7,592
Schools
12
Pupil–teacher
14.1
St. John the Baptist Parish
Reserve
Students
5,039
Schools
10
Pupil–teacher
12.7
Plaquemines Parish
Belle Chasse
Students
3,510
Schools
8
Pupil–teacher
11.8
St. James Parish
Lutcher
Students
3,194
Schools
6
Pupil–teacher
11.5
Orleans Parish
New Orleans
Students
2,322
Schools
6
Pupil–teacher
11.1
The Willow School
New Orleans
Students
2,225
Schools
1
Pupil–teacher
15.9
Morris Jeff Community School
New Orleans
Students
1,442
Schools
1
Pupil–teacher
12.6
Warren Easton Charter Foundation Inc.
New Orleans
Students
1,138
Schools
1
Pupil–teacher
17.5
Edna Karr High School
New Orleans
Students
1,097
Schools
1
Pupil–teacher
14.5
International School of Louisiana
New Orleans
Students
1,074
Schools
1
Pupil–teacher
14.6

Source: NCES CCD 2024–25, LEA directory, membership and staff files. Pupil–teacher is students divided by reported teacher FTE.

Public schools by level

Primary: 121; Elementary grades
Middle: 19; Middle or junior high
High: 53; Secondary grades
Other: 8; K–12, ungraded, alternative

201 open public schools in the NCES CCD 2024–25 school directory, grouped by the level NCES assigns from grades offered.

Where the New Orleans metro sits

Roughly the core of the New Orleans, LA metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.

School photos and ratings need a Google Places or GreatSchools key we don't ship; the district websites above are the direct source.

If this were a family of four

Two adults, two kids, one under five, three bedrooms: leftover in New Orleans would be $207 a month, with $1,035 going to childcare. Run that household on the paycheck page →

Enrollment and staffing: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-2025, joined to metros with NCES EDGE LEA geocodes. Childcare is a national baseline scaled by this metro's cost index — not a daycare quote. No test-score rankings.