Opportunities Academy
New Orleans · LA · Opportunities Academy · Public charter
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The NET Charter High School → The Chartwell Center → Louise S Mcgehee School → New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics HS → Morris Jeff Community School → Raphael Academy → Academy Of The Sacred Heart → Ursuline Academy High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Opportunities Academy compares for families
What families should know about Opportunities Academy.
- ▸ LocallyLA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−9 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: The NET Charter High School, The Chartwell Center, Louise S Mcgehee School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +7.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 93 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The NET Charter High School New Orleans |
Public · charter | 0.5 | 209 | +68.5% |
| The Chartwell Center New Orleans |
Private | 1.0 | 16 | — |
| Louise S Mcgehee School New Orleans |
Private | 1.0 | 443 | -6.5% |
| New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics HS New Orleans |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 627 | +18.5% |
| Morris Jeff Community School New Orleans |
Public · charter | 1.6 | 470 | -49.5% |
| Raphael Academy New Orleans |
Private | 1.7 | 11 | — |
| Academy Of The Sacred Heart New Orleans |
Private | 1.7 | 588 | -4.4% |
| Ursuline Academy High School New Orleans |
Private | 1.7 | 469 | +28.5% |