Education
New Orleans Public Schools operates district public schools, while Recovery School District oversees charter schools.
Open-admission Uptown-area high schools include Walter L. Cohen High School, Eleanor McMain Secondary School, New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School (Sci High), New Orleans College Prep, and Sophie B. Wright Institute of Academic Excellence. Cohen is being phased out, being replaced by College Prep. Sci High is located in the former Allen Elementary School campus. Lusher Charter School, a closed admissions charter school, is in Uptown. The Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans, a public French immersion charter school, is also in Uptown.
Sojourner Truth Academy, located in Uptown, was established in 2008 and disestablished in 2012.
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