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Orleans Parish School Board, Louisiana

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Orleans Parish School Board
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New Orleans, Louisiana
District details
Superintendent: Fateama Fulmore
# of school board members: 7
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Orleans Parish School Board is a school district in Louisiana.

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Superintendent

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Fateama Fulmore is the superintendent of the Orleans Parish School Board. Fulmore was selected as superintendent on April 2, 2025. Fulmore's previous career experience includes serving a deputy superintendent, teacher, assistant principal, and principal.[1][2]

Past superintendents

  • Avis Williams was the superintendent of the Orleans Parish School board from 2022 to 2024. Williams' previous career experience includes serving in the U.S. Army and working as a personal trainer, business owner, teacher, and district administrator. She also served as the superintendent of Selma City Schools in Alabama for five years.[3]
  • Henderson Lewis, Jr. was the superintendent of the Orleans Parish School Board from 2015 to 2022. Lewis' previous career experience includes working as the superintendent of the East Feliciana Parish School Board and as a teacher with the St. Bernard Parish School Board.[4]

School board

Orleans Parish Public Schools consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. Board members are elected by district in partisan elections.


Elections

See also: Orleans Parish School Board, Louisiana, elections

Members of the Orleans Parish School Board are elected to four-year terms. All seats are up for election every four years in November.

Seven seats on the board were up for general election in 2024. A primary was on November 5, 2024. A general election, if needed, was scheduled for December 7, 2024.

Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.


Ballotpedia covered school board elections in 367 school districts in 29 states in 2024. Those school districts had a total student enrollment of 12,203,404 students. Click here to read an analysis of those elections.


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Public participation in board meetings

The Orleans Parish school board maintains the following policy on public testimony during board meetings:[5]

District map

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Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[6]

Revenue, 2020-2021
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $25,389,000 $7,767 6%
Local: $354,018,000 $108,296 88%
State: $20,563,000 $6,290 5%
Total: $399,970,000 $122,352
Expenditures, 2020-2021
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $392,396,000 $120,035
Total Current Expenditures: $98,081,000 $30,003
Instructional Expenditures: $30,506,000 $9,331 8%
Student and Staff Support: $12,283,000 $3,757 3%
Administration: $33,576,000 $10,271 9%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $21,588,000 $6,603 6%
Total Capital Outlay: $20,598,000 $6,301
Construction: $18,667,000 $5,710
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $5,000 $1
Interest on Debt: $444,000 $135


Teacher salaries

The following salary information was pulled from the district's teacher salary schedule. A salary schedule is a list of expected compensations based on variables such as position, years employed, and education level. It may not reflect actual teacher salaries in the district.

Year Minimum Maximum
2024-2025[7] $57,500 $82,390
2023-2024[8] $45,629 $70,519
2022-2023[9] $45,629 $68 839
2018-2019[10] $42,329 $67,219

Students

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023 2,040 10.3
2021-2022 1,830 -78.6
2020-2021 3,269 -41.1
2019-2020 4,612 -0.7
2018-2019 4,642 -6.7
2017-2018 4,952 -209.7
2016-2017 15,336 3.5
2015-2016 14,795 10.3
2014-2015 13,271 6.2
2013-2014 12,447 -10.1
2012-2013 13,707 20.6
2011-2012 10,881 3.6
2010-2011 10,493 2.0
2009-2010 10,287 1.7
2008-2009 10,109 5.0
2007-2008 9,601 5.9
2006-2007 9,039 35.0
2005-2006 5,874 -1,005.2
2004-2005 64,920 -4.6
2003-2004 67,922 -3.4
2002-2003 70,246 -4.2
2001-2002 73,185 -6.0
2000-2001 77,610 -3.8
1999-2000 80,526 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2022-2023
RACE Orleans Parish School Board (%) Louisiana K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.2 0.6
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 0.4 1.6
Black 93.0 41.6
Hispanic 3.6 10.6
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.2 0.1
Two or More Races 1.0 3.6
White 1.6 42.0

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements.[11]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 11 PS 11 <=20 <50 <50
2018-2019 63 >=80 59 60-64 PS 60-64 86
2017-2018 61 >=80 57 55-59 PS 60-69 85-89
2016-2017 71 85 65 58 >=50 90-94 92
2015-2016 72 85-89 67 60 >=50 90-94 94
2014-2015 74 85-89 68 67 >=50 90-94 95
2013-2014 80 90-94 75 75-79 >=50 >=95 97
2012-2013 80 90-94 75 90-94 >=50 90-94 96
2011-2012 86 >=95 81 85-89 >=50 >=95 98
2010-2011 82 90-94 77 80-84 PS 90-94 97

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 27 PS 27 21-39 <50 >=50
2018-2019 73 >=80 70 65-69 PS 75-79 91
2017-2018 72 >=80 69 55-59 PS 80-89 90-94
2016-2017 77 86 73 60 >=80 90-94 96
2015-2016 80 85 77 64 >=50 90-94 96
2014-2015 84 85-89 80 75-79 >=50 >=95 97
2013-2014 83 85-89 79 80-84 >=50 >=95 98
2012-2013 89 85-89 87 85-89 >=50 >=95 97
2011-2012 89 90-94 86 85-89 PS >=95 98
2010-2011 84 90-94 80 80-84 PS >=95 98

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2019-2020 71 PS 72 <50 PS PS
2018-2019 81 PS 81 >=50 PS PS
2017-2018 79 >=95 79 50-54 PS >=80 90-94
2016-2017 88 >=95 87 70-79 PS >=80 >=95
2015-2016 88 >=90 88 70-79 PS >=80 90-94
2014-2015 92 >=95 91 >=90 PS >=80 >=95
2013-2014 89 >=95 88 80-89 >=80 90-94
2012-2013 89 >=95 89 60-79 >=50 90-94
2011-2012 89 >=95 87 80-89 PS >=50 90-94
2010-2011 93 >=95 93 >=80 PS >=50 >=95


Staff

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Orleans Parish School Board had 140.13 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 14.56.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 3.00
Kindergarten: 6.83
Elementary: 117.81
Secondary: 12.49
Total: 140.13

Orleans Parish School Board employed 1.00 district administrators and 14.58 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 1.00
District Administrative Support: 8.00
School Administrators: 14.58
School Administrative Support: 6.54
Other staff, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 62.16
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 6.00
Total Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists: 0.00
Library/Media Support: 0.75
Student Support Services: 16.14
Other Support Services: 35.58


Schools

The Orleans Parish School Board operates five schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Benjamin Franklin Elem. Math And Science747PK-8
Elan Academy Charter School368PK-6
Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology745PK-8
The Delores Taylor Arthur School For Young Men299-9
Travis Hill School1513-12

Noteworthy events

Contact information

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Orleans Parish School Board
2401 Westbend Pkwy.
New Orleans, LA 70114
Phone: 504-304-3520


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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Orleans Parish School Board, "Superintendent," accessed April 15, 2025
  2. ↑ nola.com, "Orleans Parish School Board selected its next superintendent. See who it is.," April 2, 2025
  3. ↑ Orleans Parish School Board, "Superintendent," accessed October 30, 2023
  4. ↑ Orleans Parish School Board, "Superintendent," accessed March 26, 2021
  5. ↑ Orleans Parish School Board, "Board Meeting Norms," accessed April 15, 2025
  6. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
  7. ↑ Orleans Parish Public Schools, "OPSB Compensation Manual," accessed April 17, 2025
  8. ↑ Orleans Parish Public Schools, "OPSB Compensation Manual," accessed April 17, 2025
  9. ↑ Orleans Parish Public Schools, "OPSB Compensation Manual," accessed February 6, 2024
  10. ↑ Orleans Parish Public Schools, "OPSB Compensation Manual," accessed March 26, 2021
  11. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
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