New Orleans Public Schools

New Orleans Public Schools (NOPS) is a public school system that serves all of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Schools within the system are governed by a multitude of entities, including the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB), which directly administers 4 schools and has granted charters to another 12, and the Recovery School District of Louisiana, which directly administers 33 schools and has granted charters to another 37. Though the Orleans Parish School Board has retained ownership of all the assets of the New Orleans Public Schools system, including all school buildings, the majority of students attending public schools in New Orleans now attend independent public charter schools - making New Orleans the only city in the nation where more than half of all public school children attend charter schools. The headquarters of the OPSB is in the West Bank neighborhood of Algiers, while the RSD's headquarters is on Poland Avenue in the Ninth Ward.

Read more about New Orleans Public Schools:  Reorganization of School System Following Hurricane Katrina, Criticism of Re-organization, Surveys of Public Opinion, Schools, Former Schools

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