Summary:
Einstein Charter School at Village De L'Est is the sole elementary public charter school serving grades PK-5 in the New Orleans area. Based on the available data, this school is consistently underperforming compared to other Louisiana elementary schools, ranking in the bottom half of the state. The school faces significant challenges, including low test scores, high poverty levels, and high chronic absenteeism rates.
The school has a student enrollment of 448 and a student-teacher ratio of 14.9, slightly higher than the state average. However, its academic performance is concerning, with proficiency rates in Mathematics and English Language Arts that are 20-30 percentage points below the state averages. The school has received low ratings of 0 or 1 out of 5 stars from SchoolDigger, and its ranking has ranged from 632 out of 666 schools in 2024-2025 to 689 out of 730 in 2022-2023, indicating it is among the lowest-performing elementary schools in Louisiana.
Socioeconomic challenges also appear to be impacting the school's performance, with 94.42% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch and a chronic absenteeism rate of 24.6% in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's 3.3% dropout rate in 2022-2023 further suggests that students are facing significant barriers to academic success. While the data does not provide a comprehensive view of all schools in the area, the information available indicates that Einstein Charter School at Village De L'Est is in need of additional support and resources to improve student outcomes.
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