The Louisiana Department of Education today released scores for public schools across the state.
Overall, schools run by the Orleans Parish School Board and Recovery School District received a C grade. That includes almost all schools in the city.
Here are scores for all schools in New Orleans. Statewide, parish-level, and individual school scores are available on the department’s website.
School | 2016 Grade | 2016 Score | 2015 Grade | 2015 Score |
Akili Academy of New Orleans | D | 62.2 | C | 67 |
Algiers Technology Academy | D | 59.7 | D | 54.5 |
Alice M. Harte Elementary Charter School | A | 104.3 | A | 100 |
Andrew H. Wilson Charter School^ | T | 68.9 | F | 39.7 |
Arise Academy | F | 43.4 | D | 47.8 |
Arthur Ashe Charter School | C | 77.7 | C | 73.2 |
Audubon Charter School | A | 112.2 | A | 116.9 |
Benjamin Franklin Elementary Mathematics and Science School | B | 95.4 | B | 91.4 |
Benjamin Franklin High School† | A | 140.3 | A | 138.9 |
Cohen College Prep | C | 79 | B | 88 |
Crescent Leadership Academy‡ | F | 17 | F | 20.2 |
Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School for Sci/Tech | C | 78.6 | B | 91.6 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School | D | 57 | C | 71.3 |
Edgar P. Harney Spirit of Excellence Academy | D | 64.2 | C | 76.2 |
Edna Karr High School | A | 106.9 | A | 111.1 |
Edward Hynes Charter School | A | 113.7 | A | 107.1 |
Einstein Charter School | C | 75.1 | C | 83.5 |
Eleanor McMain Secondary School | B | 89.2 | B | 88.9 |
ENCORE Academy | C | 77.7 | C | 70.9 |
Esperanza Charter School | B | 89 | C | 72.2 |
Fannie C. Williams Charter School | D | 57.2 | C | 66.3 |
G.W. Carver Collegiate Academy | D | 67.1 | C | 73.6 |
G. W. Carver Preparatory Academy* | D | 53.1 | D | 59.1 |
Gentilly Terrace Charter School | D | 58.7 | D | 52 |
Harriet Tubman Charter School | C | 79.9 | C | 81.4 |
Homer A. Plessy Community School | D | 52.4 | D | 49.1 |
International High School of New Orleans | C | 81 | B | 85.6 |
International School of Louisiana | A | 100.6 | A | 102.5 |
James M. Singleton Charter School | C | 69 | D | 47.4 |
Joseph A. Craig Charter School | D | 49.1 | D | 53.2 |
Joseph S. Clark Preparatory High School | D | 51.3 | D | 62.4 |
KIPP Believe College Prep | C | 84.4 | C | 78.8 |
KIPP Central City Academy | B | 93.2 | B | 85.4 |
KIPP Central City Primary | C | 81.6 | C | 75.1 |
KIPP McDonogh 15 School for the Creative Arts | C | 76.7 | C | 79 |
KIPP New Orleans Leadership Academy | C | 73.2 | D | 64.5 |
KIPP Renaissance High School | A | 100 | B | 96.8 |
Lafayette Academy | C | 80.8 | B | 89.6 |
Lake Area New Tech Early College High School | C | 75.1 | C | 79.4 |
Lake Forest Elementary Charter School† | A | 127.5 | A | 123.8 |
Langston Hughes Charter Academy | D | 63.3** | D | 59 |
Lawrence D. Crocker College Prep | D | 58.6 | T | 69.2 |
L.B. Landry-O.P. Walker College and Career Preparatory High School | D | 58.7 | D | 61.5 |
Lusher Charter School† | A | 137 | A | 130.3 |
Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans | A | 105.6 | B | 95 |
Mahalia Jackson Elementary School | C | 79.9 | C | 69.7 |
Martin Behrman Elementary School | C | 76.4 | C | 75.8 |
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology | B | 89.5 | B | 95 |
Mary D. Coghill Charter School | C | 75.1 | C | 80.4 |
McDonogh No. 32 Elementary School | F | 44.7 | D | 54.5 |
McDonogh No. 35 Academy | D | 61.5 | D | 56.3 |
McDonogh No. 35 College Preparatory School | C | 76.5 | C | 70.3 |
McDonogh No. 42 Charter School | F | 45.8 | D | 62.6 |
Mildred Osborne Charter School | D | 54.7 | D | 50.8 |
Milestone Academy | D | 61 | C | 69.3 |
Morris Jeff Community School | C | 84.4 | B | 84.6 |
Nelson Elementary School | F | 45.9 | F | 41.2 |
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | A | 119.6 | A | 107.9 |
New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School | B | 94.4 | B | 98.6 |
New Orleans Military/Maritime Academy | B | 98.8 | A | 103.2 |
Paul Habans Charter School | D | 53.6 | F | 39.8 |
Phillis Wheatley Community School | D | 66.9 | D | 64.8 |
Pierre A. Capdau Learning Academy | C | 73.7 | C | 71.4 |
ReNEW Accelerated High School West Bank Campus‡ | F | 23 | F | 18.9 |
ReNEW Cultural Arts Academy at Live Oak Elementary | C | 72.2 | C | 74 |
ReNEW Dolores T. Aaron Elementary | C | 74.1 | C | 77.3 |
ReNEW McDonogh City Park Academy^ | D | 49.9 | D | 49.2 |
ReNEW Schaumburg Elementary | C | 73.1 | T | 73.6 |
ReNEW SciTech Academy at Laurel | C | 74.7 | B | 94.2 |
Robert Russa Moton Charter School | B | 85.9 | B | 88.4 |
Samuel J. Green Charter School | C | 79 | C | 73.6 |
Sci Academy | B | 85.3 | B | 96.3 |
Sophie B. Wright Charter School | B | 87.1 | C | 81 |
Success Preparatory Academy | C | 80.3** | D | 56.9 |
Sylvanie Williams College Prep | D | 54.7 | D | 52.4 |
The NET Charter High School‡ | F | 29.8 | F | 25.7 |
Warren Easton Senior High School | A | 100.7 | A | 109.4 |
William J. Fischer Elementary School | F | 36.2 | F | 39.6 |
T means the state didn’t issue a grade because the school was taken over by a new charter operator. The state doesn’t issue grades for the first two years after a takeover of a failing school.
*School closed after 2015-16 school year
†Selective admission
‡Alternative school
^Changed charter group after 2014-15 school year
Cypress Academy, Foundation Preparatory Academy, and KIPP Community East Primary are not listed because they don’t have testing grades.
A school’s grade is based on its School Performance Score, but there are two grading scales.
High schools and combination schools (for instance, middle and high school):
A | 100.0-150.0 |
B | 85.0–99.9 |
C | 70.0–84.9 |
D | 50.0–69.9 |
F | 0.0-49.9 |
Elementary:
A | 100.0-150.0 |
B | 85.0–99.9 |
C | 67.1–84.9 |
D | 47.2-67 |
F | 0.0-47.1 |
**Correction: This story originally misreported Langston Hughes’ score. For Success Prep, the state originally reported a score of 78.9 but changed it to 80.3 after the school appealed. (Nov. 7, 2017)