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High Schools in New Harmony High Institute

Rankings updated: Louisiana rankings were updated on September 12, 2026 with the addition of grade 3-8 science and High School Civics test scores

At a glance

DistrictNew Harmony High Institute74^th of 119 Louisiana districtsFull district overview →

School

328

Students

Top rankedNew Harmony High Institute217^th of 329 Louisiana high schools

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Biggest riser

New Harmony High Institute up 63 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

New Harmony High Institute is a single high school in New Orleans, LA, serving grades 9 through 12 with 328 students, and it is part of the New Harmony High Institute district, which ranks in the bottom 19th percentile of Louisiana districts.

New Harmony High Institute presents a story of two extremes. On one hand, the school has shown remarkable academic improvement between the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years, with proficiency rates jumping by an average of 14 percentage points across all subjects—Algebra I rose from 29% to 46%, and Geometry from 27% to 40%. However, the school still underperforms the state average in every subject, with the largest gaps in Algebra I and English I (19 points behind). On the other hand, the school faces deeply entrenched systemic issues: its graduation rate is just 59.8%, a staggering 25.2 percentage points below the state average of 85.0%, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 29.0% is significantly higher than the state's 22.5%. The school's state ranking has fluctuated, dropping to 280th (15th percentile) in 2024-2025 before improving to 240th (26th percentile) in 2025-2026, but it remains in the bottom quarter of Louisiana high schools.

For parents, the key takeaway is that while classroom instruction may be improving, the school is failing to keep a large portion of its students engaged and on track to graduate. The low student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1 is a potential asset that is not being fully leveraged to address these challenges. The dramatic rebound in test scores could be a hopeful sign that interventions are working, but the persistent graduation and attendance gaps point to a need for comprehensive support systems beyond academics. The school serves a majority low-income student body (53.66% free/reduced lunch), and the 2024-2025 dip may reflect the lingering effects of the pandemic cohort. Overall, New Harmony High Institute is a school in transition, showing academic promise but requiring urgent attention to its core mission of graduating students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				LEAP Algebra I (2026)	LEAP Geometry (2026)	LEAP English II (2026)	LEAP U.S. History (2026)	LEAP English I (2026)	LEAP Biology (2026)	LEAP Civics (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	LEAP Algebra I End of Course	LEAP Geometry End of Course	LEAP English II End of Course	LEAP U.S. History End of Course	LEAP English I End of Course	LEAP Biology End of Course	LEAP Civics End of Course	Total
New Harmony High Institute	Public, Charter	9-12	3819 St. Claude Avenue	New Orleans	70117	Orleans Parish	New Harmony High Institute	Yes	No	No	Yes	(504) 612-7869	328	29	11.3	53.7%	115 (35.1%)	158 (48.2%)	47 (14.3%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	34.1	217^th of 329 public high schools	34.0%		14.5	280^th of 329 public high schools	14.9%	63	46.0	40.0	57.0	40.0	47.0	53.0	73.0	$16,986

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools
Orleans Parish	0.03 mi	20
RSD-Morris Jeff Community School	0.05 mi	1
RSD-New Orleans Charter Schools Foundation	0.48 mi	1
RSD-FirstLine Schools, Inc.	0.6 mi	5
Langston Hughes Charter Academy	0.6 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Louisiana Dept of Education.

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