Original Research by School Decision on Warren Easton Charter Foundation Inc.
Warren Easton Charter Foundation Inc. is a high-school-only district in Orleans Parish, operating a single school, Warren Easton Charter High School. Its enrollment of over a thousand students is heavily concentrated in a single demographic: nearly all students are Black. There is very little racial or ethnic diversity elsewhere in the student body. The school serves grades nine through twelve, with enrollment spread fairly evenly across those grade levels, though slightly more students are in the earlier grades than in the upper ones.
Academically, this district presents a major gap for a parent trying to make a straightforward assessment. State testing data and a four-year graduation rate are both absent from the available records. Without those, there is no direct measure of how students perform on state assessments or what share of the cohort graduates on time. The lack of a graduation rate is especially notable for a district that serves only high school; a parent may want to ask the school directly for its most recent graduation figure and for its state test results.
On a metric that is available, chronic absenteeism, the district sits below the midpoint when compared against Orleans Parish’s districts. More than a quarter of students are reported as chronically absent, a rate that places it above the median for the parish. This is a soft spot. The district’s per-pupil current spending lands in the middle range, upper half of the parish’s districts, meaning it spends at a level somewhat above what is typical for the area.
The student body is a straightforward peer environment: large, urban, and almost entirely Black. Data on economic disadvantage, special education enrollment, and English learner status were not available, so a parent cannot see from this record what share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch or receive supports. No discipline data, staffing ratios, or course access information were reported.
The district itself appears to be a single-site charter organization with no recent highly visible changes. A search for parent-relevant district developments turned up little that was consequential and lasting. The school’s web presence, where a parent might find course offerings, extracurriculars, or a strategic plan, is the logical next stop for a family trying to fill in the substantial blanks left by the available data.
For a parent or resident, the picture is incomplete. The core academic facts that most families use to gauge a high school—test results and graduation rate—are missing from this record. The chronic absenteeism figure is a warning sign that warrants follow-up. The student body is large and homogeneous by race. The district spends per pupil in the higher portion of the middle range locally. A family considering this school will need to get the missing information directly from the school to make an informed decision.
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