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Phillis Wheatley Community School

Charter

Regular School · New Orleans, LA

Phillis Wheatley Community School is a charter regular school school in New Orleans, Louisiana, serving grades PK–08 with 777 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 12.6:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
PK – 08
Enrollment
777
Teachers (FTE)
61.6
Student–Teacher Ratio
12.6:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Black or African American 543 70%
Hispanic/Latino 207 27%
Two or more races 23 3%
White 3 0%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1 0%
Total enrollment 777 424M / 353F

English Language Learners: 125 (16% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 7.0% -22.5pp 29.5% 530
Reading Proficiency 17.0% -23.7pp 40.7% 530
Science Proficiency 8.0% — 515

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
16 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
57
7.3% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
414
53.3% of enrollment · SY 2019–20
Additional Targeted Support (ATSI) Targeted Support School (TSI)

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 777 100%

Contact & Location

2300 Dumaine St.

New Orleans, LA 70119

Phone: (504)373-6205

District

Phillis Wheatley Community School

Per-pupil expenditure: $11,441

District enrollment: 812

Related Data

NCES ID

220025300877

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD