Original Research by School Decision on Foundation Preparatory Academy
Foundation Preparatory Academy is a small school district in Orleans Parish serving kindergarten through eighth grade. It operates a single school, also named Foundation Preparatory Academy. The district has a distinct enrollment pathway: families apply through the citywide OneApp lottery system rather than applying directly to the school, and the school is managed under Community Academies of New Orleans, a charter management organization. This centralized enrollment process is the primary way parents access the school.
The student body is predominantly Black and Hispanic, with a much smaller share of White and Asian students. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility data was not available, so the economic profile of families is unclear. Information on students with disabilities and English learners was also missing, leaving gaps in understanding the range of student supports provided.
State testing results are absent from the available data. Because the district serves only kindergarten through eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. Beyond those gaps, the academic performance picture remains largely unmeasured in this material.
Chronic absenteeism is reported and sits above the midpoint among Orleans Parish’s districts—meaning a greater share of students are chronically absent compared with the typical district in the parish. This is a soft spot worth noting; a parent may want to ask the school what interventions are in place to address attendance.
Per-pupil current spending is in the upper range when set against the parish’s districts. That higher spending level suggests the district invests more per student than many of its neighbors, though without corresponding outcome data it is difficult to say what that spending yields.
The district does not have a locale brief, so there is no description of the surrounding community or housing market. Similarly, information on program offerings, staffing, discipline, course access, and attendance is absent. The school's website was not provided, so further details would need to be sought directly from the district or the charter management organization.
Foundation Preparatory Academy presents a limited data picture overall. A parent considering this school will find key facts about its size, demographic composition, enrollment process, and chronic absenteeism, but will lack most academic performance metrics and details on student supports. The centralized lottery system means the school is accessed through a citywide process rather than a neighborhood assignment. Given the missing test data and graduation measure, the strongest available signal of student experience is the chronic absenteeism figure, which points to room for improvement in getting students to school regularly. The relatively high per-pupil spending may reflect a commitment of resources, but without academic results it is hard to evaluate effectiveness. A family would likely need to visit the school and speak with administrators to fill in the substantial gaps left by the available record.
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