As New Orleans public schools brace for enrollment declines, demand data may give an idea of which schools will be impacted the most, according to a New Schools for New Orleans report to the Orleans Parish School Board this week.
The report found that demand is very concentrated at certain schools, leaving others at risk of too-low enrollment which will make them more likely to be closed or consolidated as the district continues to deal with fewer students.
The impacts of smaller than expected classes are already being felt: earlier this year three schools were selected to move into district-owned buildings, two of which were vacated at the end of the school year by schools that will voluntarily close because of declining enrollment.
