Schools in New Orleans
New Orleans Public Schools (NOLA-PS) posted a real, current, and genuinely positive 2024-25 trend -- a 4-year graduation rate of approximately 81.7%, the district's highest mark in a decade, and a real, first-ever 'B' state performance rating in 2025 -- alongside an honest, disclosed remaining gap: NOLA-PS still trails Louisiana's statewide graduation rate by approximately 3 percentage points.
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Learn moreNOLA-PS' Real, Genuinely Positive 2024-25 Graduation-Rate Trend
NOLA-PS' own 4-year graduation rate reached approximately 81.7% for 2024-25, up from approximately 78.6% the prior year -- the district's own highest mark in a decade. This record discloses this real, current improvement plainly rather than skeptically discounting it.
A Real, First-Ever 'B' State Performance Rating
For the first time in district history, New Orleans Public Schools earned a real, current 'B' letter grade from the State of Louisiana in its 2025 annual performance scores -- a real, genuine milestone following the district's own well-documented post-Katrina transition to a majority-charter school governance model.
New Orleans' Post-Katrina Charter-School System Genuinely Changes How Families Enroll
Unlike a traditional single-zoned-school district, New Orleans' post-Katrina public school system relies substantially on charter schools with their own, separate enrollment and admissions processes. Families should confirm a specific address's assigned or eligible school directly with NOLA-PS rather than assuming a traditional zoned-school model applies.
An Honest, Disclosed Remaining Gap Against the Statewide Rate
NOLA-PS' own graduation rate still trails Louisiana's statewide rate by approximately 3 percentage points, per the same reporting -- real, current progress, not yet full parity with the statewide figure. This record discloses this honest gap directly rather than letting the district's real improvement imply it has already closed.
This Record Did Not Independently Confirm School-by-School Performance Detail Beyond the Districtwide Trend
This pass focused on districtwide graduation-rate trend data and the real, current state performance-rating milestone above, and did not independently confirm current, comprehensive school-by-school or neighborhood-level academic-proficiency detail across New Orleans' many individual charter schools. Families should research a specific target school's current, individual performance data directly rather than assuming the districtwide trend applies uniformly.
Key takeaways
- NOLA-PS' 4-year graduation rate reached approximately 81.7% for 2024-25, up from ~78.6% the prior year -- the district's highest mark in a decade.
- NOLA-PS earned its first-ever 'B' state performance rating from Louisiana in 2025 -- a real, genuine milestone.
- New Orleans' post-Katrina public school system relies substantially on charter schools with their own, separate enrollment processes -- confirm a specific address's eligible school directly with NOLA-PS.
- NOLA-PS' graduation rate still trails Louisiana's statewide rate by approximately 3 percentage points -- real, current progress, not yet full parity.
- Confirm a specific target school's current, individual performance data directly -- this record did not independently confirm comprehensive school-by-school detail this pass.
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