The NOLA-PS Data Dashboard allows users to find and compare important data on NOLA-PS schools. The NOLA-PS Data Dashboard was created in partnership between NOLA Public Schools and New Schools for New Orleans to support NOLA-PS’ Portfolio Strategy focused on improving access to high-quality schools that meet the diverse needs and interests of families.
The dashboard has features designed to support the data needs of school leaders, system planners, and research partners, but we hope the dashboard can be a helpful resource to all who use it. To access resources specifically designed for parents and families, please visit the NOLA Public Schools Families page.
Read our documentation, watch how-to videos, and find guidance on how to get the most out of the dashboard.
Learn MoreThe colored map boundaries below are the five “planning regions” used in the Five-Year Portfolio Plan to analyze key portfolio data.
The five regions were created by combining City Planning Districts into areas of equal enrollment size, using natural divisions such as rivers, industrial areas, and resonance with stakeholders of keeping certain neighborhoods together.
The NOLA-PS Data Dashboard is centered around the NOLA-PS Five Year Portfolio Plan’s four areas of inquiry: Quality, Quantity, Choice, and Variety. Each area of inquiry includes one or more key metrics and 2028 performance targets. The NOLA-PS Portfolio Strategy seeks to optimize the sustainability of the school system, ensuring a robust, equitable, and dynamic educational landscape that consistently aligns with the evolving needs and concerns of the community.
The School Performance Renewal Index (SPRI) is a metric calculated by NOLA-PS for use in renewal decisions. In addition to SPRI, financial stability and organizational performance play pivotal roles in the renewal process.
For more information about how the SPRI is calculated, please see the Charter School Accountability Framework published by NOLA-PS.
Calculating the percentage of seats that schools are enrolling students in versus the number of seats they seek to fill is the “fill rate.” This helps us understand the degree to which NOLA-PS schools are under-enrolled, which impacts the level of resources that schools have access to. The district's target is to have a NOLA-PS fill rate of 92% by 2028.
Fill rate is calculated by dividing the district's total 10/1 enrollment “targets” to the number of students that NOLA-PS schools actually enrolled. This gives us a “fill rate,” which is one way of measuring how much “excess capacity” or how many “open seats” our schools have.
Importantly, some schools set 10/1 targets based on their ideal program enrollment, while others set targets to align with their expected enrollment given choice demand and summer arrivals. There is a future opportunity to consistently report across schools to have fill rates be an accurate reflection of ideal program targets.
The fill rate displayed in this graph reflects the overall system-level percentage of targeted seats that are filled on 10/1 of each school year. The data excludes NOCCA and Travis Hill.
The district has established a goal related to the number of students attending school in high-quality facilities. The district's target is to have 80% of students in high-quality (Tier 1 and Tier 2) facilities by 2028.
To determine capital repair needs over the next 10 years, NOLA-PS conducted facility condition assessments for all District-owned facilities in 2020. Private facilities are not included in this methodology. Condition assessments calculated the projected 10-year capital project cost overall for the facility, then on a per square foot basis.
Four tiers were created based on the per square foot project cost. Tier 1 and Tier 2 facilities have the most minimal capital repair needs: Tier 1 is defined as $0-$10 in projected costs per square foot, while Tier 2 is $10-$40 projected costs per square foot.
Tier 3 and 4 facilities have the highest capital repair needs (Tier 3 means that a facility has a projected repair cost of $41-$75 per square foot, while Tier 4 has a projected repair cost above $75 per square foot)
This metric is a measure of how aligned the NOLA-PS portfolio of schools is to family preferences.
This metric includes only applications for students in the major transition grades (Kindergarten and 9th grade) who applied to enter a NOLA-PS school in the “Main Round” of the NOLA-PS Common Application Process (NCAP) Lottery.
This metric was calculated by adding the total number of Kindergarten and 9th grade students who were matched to one of their top three school choices during Main Round. Then, this number was divided by the total number of Kindergarten and 9th Grade applications submitted during Main Round.
