Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

Public, Charter PK, KG-8

 2401 Humanity Street
       New Orleans, LA  70122


(504) 324-7076

District: Orleans Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
522nd of 727 Louisiana Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $21,382 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  13.5 Help
Number of students:  745

Racial breakdown:

African American:
96.0%
Hispanic:
3.4%
White:
0.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  93.4% Help


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Compare Details Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology ranks worse than 71.8% of elementary schools in Louisiana. It also ranks 2nd among 3 ranked elementary schools in the Orleans Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 31.37. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 45.25. (See more...)
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (96%), Hispanic (3.4%), White (0.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology is 13.5, which is the lowest among 3 elementary schools in the Orleans Parish School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology is $21,382. 1 elementary schools in the Orleans Parish School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology:

SchoolDigger ranks Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology 522nd of 727 Louisiana public elementary schools. (See Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology 255th of 469 Louisiana public middle schools. (See Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 59.26 325th 725 55.2%
2008 81.10 115th 743 84.5%
2009 85.79 67th 738 90.9%
2010 83.04 96th 736 87.0%
2011 72.02 235th 766 69.3%
2012 64.27 298th 764 61.0%
2013 68.26 244th 772 68.4%
2014 72.31 207th 777 73.4%
2015 76.01 167th 792 78.9%
2016 63.62 300th 742 59.6%
2017 52.15 404th 739 45.3%
2018 52.53 316th 728 56.6%
2019 48.24 400th 731 45.3%
2021 30.94 506th 729 30.6%
2022 27.06 547th 727 24.8%
2023 31.37 525th 730 28.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 48.01 152nd 306 50.3%
2022 54.10 131st 307 57.3%
2023 93.21 12th 296 95.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.64 357th 682 47.7%
2019 50.04 374th 697 46.3%
2021 34.49 481st 719 33.1%
2022 31.79 517th 724 28.6%
2023 37.04 475th 723 34.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Homeless students at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 37.71 13th 19 31.6%
2022 45.96 13th 26 50.0%
2023 65.24 6th 23 73.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 35.46 495th 684 27.6%
2021 27.84 520th 705 26.2%
2022 28.53 537th 701 23.4%
2023 35.31 483rd 705 31.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 54.45 352nd 696 49.4%
2021 34.30 472nd 704 33.0%
2022 31.15 500th 712 29.8%
2023 32.59 492nd 713 31.0%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.43 172nd 547 68.6%
2019 62.94 188th 559 66.4%
2021 49.15 274th 564 51.4%
2022 43.76 309th 562 45.0%
2023 46.94 300th 570 47.4%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 70.33 122nd 396 69.2%
2008 71.49 118th 413 71.4%
2009 92.73 12th 425 97.2%
2010 93.54 12th 408 97.1%
2011 65.54 152nd 412 63.1%
2012 55.30 212th 442 52.0%
2013 38.62 300th 457 34.4%
2014 82.97 58th 470 87.7%
2015 79.96 75th 482 84.4%
2016 67.04 154th 435 64.6%
2017 46.00 270th 437 38.2%
2018 60.08 141st 411 65.7%
2019 64.01 170th 449 62.1%
2021 44.52 258th 459 43.8%
2022 41.66 275th 460 40.2%
2023 45.25 253rd 465 45.6%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 69.48 38th 206 81.6%
2023 93.21 4th 206 98.1%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.04 134th 403 66.7%
2019 63.91 150th 430 65.1%
2021 48.46 232nd 455 49.0%
2022 52.42 214th 458 53.3%
2023 54.97 197th 459 57.1%
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Rank History for middle school Homeless students at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 88.47 1st 20 95.0%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 53.86 210th 418 49.8%
2021 38.95 282nd 441 36.1%
2022 34.81 305th 441 30.8%
2023 46.64 248th 444 44.1%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 62.88 159th 418 62.0%
2021 46.05 230th 442 48.0%
2022 47.90 231st 442 47.7%
2023 44.11 241st 443 45.6%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.83 77th 313 75.4%
2019 76.72 63rd 338 81.4%
2021 64.63 91st 352 74.1%
2022 60.32 115th 360 68.1%
2023 63.62 99th 360 72.5%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 244 244
1990 7 318 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 326
1991 2 285 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 287
1992 3 295 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 299
1993 4 283 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 287
1994 4 334 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 338
1995 1 308 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 311
1996 1 308 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 311
1997 1 323 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 326
1998 0 311 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 313
1999 0 298 0 5 0 n/a n/a 0 303
2000 0 279 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 283
2001 0 258 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 261
2002 1 254 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 256
2003 1 254 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 256
2004 1 207 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 209
2005 1 220 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 223
2007 3 275 1 20 0 n/a n/a 0 299
2008 0 247 2 11 0 n/a n/a 0 260
2009 1 319 2 6 0 n/a n/a 0 328
2010 5 336 2 1 1 n/a n/a 0 345
2011 11 341 2 0 0 0 4 0 358
2012 8 352 6 7 0 0 3 0 376
2013 4 354 7 11 0 0 2 0 378
2014 4 373 3 14 0 0 2 0 396
2015 3 391 3 14 0 0 2 0 413
2016 2 486 2 16 0 0 1 0 507
2017 2 587 1 19 0 0 1 0 610
2018 2 689 2 15 0 0 1 0 709
2019 1 649 2 17 0 0 0 0 669
2020 0 655 2 15 0 0 0 0 672
2021 0 694 1 16 0 0 0 0 711
2022 0 647 0 17 0 1 0 0 665
2023 2 715 1 25 0 1 1 0 745

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 244 25.0 9.7 98.4
1990 326 21.0 15.5 92.3
1991 287 21.0 13.6 94.8
1992 299 20.0 14.9 92.6
1993 287 19.0 15.1 94.4
1994 338 22.0 15.4 95
1995 311 15.4 20.2 90.4
1996 311 15.4 20.2 90.4
1997 326 18.0 18.1 83.1
1998 313 17.0 18.4 93
1999 303 16.0 18.9 87.8
2000 283 20.0 14.2 94.3
2001 261 17.0 15.4 88.1
2002 256 12.0 21.3 86.3
2003 256 12.0 21.3 86.3
2004 209 15.0 13.9 92.3
2005 223 14.0 15.9 95.1
2007 299 24.0 12.5 90
2008 260 27.0 9.6 96.9
2009 328 27.0 12.1 84.1
2010 345 25.6 13.4 86.4
2011 358 27.4 13.0 82.7
2012 376 27.9 13.4 97.9
2013 378 25.7 14.7 97.1
2014 396 27.4 14.4 98.7
2015 413 30.0 13.7 60.3
2016 507 n/a n/a 54.8
2017 610 42.1 14.4 56.4
2018 709 33.6 21.0 52
2019 669 31.0 21.5 63.5
2020 672 32.0 21.0 65
2021 711 36.0 19.7 72.4
2022 665 47.0 14.1 67.7
2023 745 54.8 13.5 93.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 244 25.0 9.7 98.4
1990 326 21.0 15.5 92.3
1991 287 21.0 13.6 94.8
1992 299 20.0 14.9 92.6
1993 287 19.0 15.1 94.4
1994 338 22.0 15.4 95
1995 311 15.4 20.2 90.4
1996 311 15.4 20.2 90.4
1997 326 18.0 18.1 83.1
1998 313 17.0 18.4 93
1999 303 16.0 18.9 87.8
2000 283 20.0 14.2 94.3
2001 261 17.0 15.4 88.1
2002 256 12.0 21.3 86.3
2003 256 12.0 21.3 86.3
2004 209 15.0 13.9 92.3
2005 223 14.0 15.9 95.1
2007 299 24.0 12.5 90
2008 260 27.0 9.6 96.9
2009 328 27.0 12.1 84.1
2010 345 25.6 13.4 86.4
2011 358 27.4 13.0 82.7
2012 376 27.9 13.4 97.9
2013 378 25.7 14.7 97.1
2014 396 27.4 14.4 98.7
2015 413 30.0 13.7 60.3
2016 507 n/a n/a 54.8
2017 610 42.1 14.4 56.4
2018 709 33.6 21.0 52
2019 669 31.0 21.5 63.5
2020 672 32.0 21.0 65
2021 711 36.0 19.7 72.4
2022 665 47.0 14.1 67.7
2023 745 54.8 13.5 93.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $12,357
2018 $18,387
2019 $21,611
2020 $21,382

Data source: Louisiana Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 400th of 731 Elementary schoolsRanks 525th of 730 Elementary schools
 17.2%
Ranks 170th of 449 Middle schoolsRanks 253rd of 465 Middle schools
 16.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)5430
 24%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6964
 5%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)7357
 16%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7062
 8%
3rd Grade Social Studies (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)2921
 8%
   3rd Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)4744
 3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)5852
 6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6965
 4%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)8461
 23%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7268
 4%
4th Grade Social Studies (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)4629
 17%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5153
 2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)4746
 1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6361
 2%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)6566
 1%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7170
 1%
5th Grade Social Studies (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)5237
 15%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5448
 6%
6th Grade Mathematics (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)6553
 12%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6157
 4%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)8159
 22%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)6766
 1%
6th Grade Social Studies (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)5841
 17%
   6th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5142
 9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)5861
 3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6158
 3%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)7967
 12%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7267
 5%
7th Grade Social Studies (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)7927
 52%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5552
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)3341
 8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)5347
 6%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)8284
 2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7170
 1%
8th Grade Social Studies (Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology)7344
 29%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)6453
 11%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students669745
 11.4%
African American649715
 10.2%
American Indian00
Asian21
 50%
Hispanic1725
 47.1%
Pacific Islander01
White12
 100%
Two or More Races01
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients63.5%93.4%
 29.9%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 745 students attended Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology.

Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology ranks 522nd of 727 Louisiana elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at Mary Bethune Elementary Literature/Technology are 96% African American, 3% Hispanic.


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