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Dorothy Height Charter School

PublicElementaryGrades PK–8Charter

3501 Seine Street, New Orleans, LA 70114 · (504) 941-1810

New Orleans’ School Grade D− better than 4% of Louisiana school districts

Directions
Students
878
Students per teacher
15:1
Free or reduced lunch
80%
Setting
City
Grades
PK–8
The gist

What stands out about Dorothy Height Charter School

  • Its own letter, D: reading and math results near the bottom of Louisiana’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 22 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 26 pts below the state

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency7%
State average 28.7%
Reading / language arts14%
State average 40.2%

Its own letter, D, places these results among Louisiana’s 1,186 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

3501 Seine Street, New Orleans

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K54
Kindergarten94
Grade 186
Grade 284
Grade 396
Grade 492
Grade 595
Grade 692
Grade 790
Grade 895
Enrollment over time
822’20
788’21
877’22
875’23
878’24

Up 6.8% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Black 76%Hispanic 20%Two or more races 2%White 1%Asian <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Dorothy Height Charter School from New Orleans families.

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Louisiana’s other public schools; New Orleans’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.