Original Research by School Decision on Akili Academy of New Orleans
Akili Academy of New Orleans, which served a single middle-school grade band, existed as a standalone district entity until its operations were folded into another school in mid-2023. The practical reality for anyone looking into Akili Academy today is that its independent existence has ended.
The school district structure here is an anomaly: a single-school district housing one grade band. Akili Academy operated as its own local education agency, meaning it handled its own administration and funding arrangements, distinct from the larger Orleans Parish school system that surrounds it. The school itself was located in New Orleans, though the specific address was not provided in the available data.
The decisive event affecting this entity happened in the middle of 2023. According to publicly reported information from the charter network that operated Akili, the school merged with Mildred Osborne Charter School effective July 1 of that year. Operations were moved to the Osborne campus, and the Akili name and its historic location at the William Frantz building were discontinued. This means the district no longer functions as a separate entity; the merger effectively dissolved the Akili Academy of New Orleans as an operational school district.
Because the entity is now closed and merged, there is no current enrollment data, no state testing results, no graduation rate, and no student demographic breakdown present in the available records. The grade band served was listed as M through M, which indicates a middle-school-only configuration, so even when operational, the entity would not have had high school outcomes like a graduation rate. The absence of testing data for such a narrow grade band and single-site district is consistent with a school that may have been too small or specialized for public state reporting, but the data provided does not specify a precise reason. A parent researching this entity should understand that there are no academic performance numbers to evaluate because the school is closed.
There is no housing market data, no community context, and no locale brief provided for the surrounding neighborhood, making it impossible to say anything about the housing or demographic area the school once served. The merger announcement itself is the only substantive record of change or status available.
For a parent or resident, the bottom line is straightforward. Akili Academy of New Orleans no longer operates. The building and the name are gone. The publicly reported merger means that students who might have attended Akili are now served at the Mildred Osborne Charter School campus. Anyone seeking information about that combined school would need to look up Mildred Osborne Charter School or the Crescent City Schools network that oversaw the merger. There is no other concrete data here to examine, no test scores to weigh, and no peer comparison to draw. The entity is effectively historical.
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