1. Public Schools in New Orleans Prepared by Leslie Jacobs June, 2010

2. Pre Katrina10/1/09 Number of Students65,00038,051 Black Students93%90% Students Receiving Free Lunch73%78% Students Receiving Reduced Lunch 4% 5% New Orleans Public Schools Demographic Profile remains relatively the same

3.  RSD 33 RSD operated11,933 37 Charters14,821 26,742 (70%)  OPSB 4 Operated 2,773 12 Chartered 7,606 10,379 (27%)  BESE Type 2 Charter 2 Schools 918 (2%)  51 Charters - 61% of students  37 Traditional- 39% of students New Orleans Landscape 2009-2010: 88 schools: 38,051 Students

4. K-8 PERFORMANCE 3 Consecutive Years of Exceptional Growth

5. Increase In Passing Rate of LEAP Test Grade20072010 N.O. Gain State Gain 4th49%65%+16+2 8th44%58%+14+4

6. 4 th Grade Math - % Basic or Above Cut the Achievement Gap in half 22pt 21pt 10pt

7. 8th ELA - % Basic or Above 25pt 24pt 14pt

8. HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMANCE Major Gains Since State Takeover

9. High School GEE % of 10th and 11th Graders at Basic or Above (1st-time test takers):

10. Significantly Fewer Students are Attending Failing High Schools 1 2 3 4 5 High Performing Failing 2005 % of students in each category of school Average High Performing Failing 2010 % of students in each category of school Average

11. High School Dropout Rate Reduced 27% 9-12 Annual Drop Out Rate All Orleans Parish Pubic Schools 2004-05:11.2% 2008-09: 8.3% (latest data available)

12. More Seniors are Graduating 1 2 3 4 5 In 2005, 79% of seniors graduated In 2010, 90% of seniors graduated Percent of Seniors Graduating

13. Three Year Cumulative Performance: RSD New Orleans #1 in LA in growth OPSB tied at # 3

14. Impact: 3 yrs of growth Net Increase in Percentage Pts of Students Basic or Above (all tests, all subjects) 2007 2010 5 pts 14 pts 20 pts