Original Research by School Decision on Lord Beaconsfield Landry-oliver Perry Walker High
Lord Beaconsfield Landry-Oliver Perry Walker High is a single-school district in Orleans Parish that serves grades nine through twelve. The school has an enrollment of several hundred students, making it a comparatively small high school. The student body is predominantly Black, with a very small number of Asian and Hispanic students, and no White students or students of other races are reported enrolled.
State testing data was not available for this school, and therefore no academic proficiency information could be assessed. The school’s four-year graduation rate was also not reported, which means a parent looking for a traditional metric of on-time completion will find no public measure to consult. Without these core academic performance indicators, it is difficult to gauge the standard academic pathway this school offers relative to other high schools in the state or parish.
What is available paints a concerning picture of student engagement. The school’s chronic absenteeism rate is in the bottom quartile among Orleans Parish’s districts, meaning that a very high share of students are missing substantial amounts of school. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what supports are in place and what drivers of absenteeism exist. While the school’s spending per pupil falls in the upper range of the parish’s districts, indicating above-average financial resources are directed here, student attendance is a significant soft spot.
The district operates a single school, L.B. Landry High School. Beyond its enrollment, demographics, attendance, and spending data, very little is available. We looked for the district’s strategic priorities, program offerings (such as Advanced Placement, dual enrollment, or career and technical education pathways), and any recent changes or initiatives, but found little public information that cleared a four-year bar for lasting relevance. As a result, this account is limited to what the reported data supports.
This is a high school where the student population is almost entirely Black and the school is small by parish standards. The primary academic measure—proficiency in state assessments—is entirely absent from public reporting. The graduation rate is also not reported. What the data does show is a place where financial investment is relatively high per student, yet a majority of students are chronically absent. That combination suggests a school that may be contending with serious challenges around student attendance and connection, and a parent or guardian would benefit from a direct conversation with the school to understand the academic experience, the climate, and what pathways students actually follow after enrolling.
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