Public and Private Education
The number of students in public schools in New Orleans, which are over 90 percent African American, has declined by 43% since Katrina.
But an average increase of 5% a year in enrollment for the last two years (35,976 to 38,051 from 2008-2009 alone) indicates that people whose children attend public schools continue to return as housing and employment opportunities allow.
In 2008, 85% of white students in New Orleans attended private schools, one of the highest percentages in a major city in the US.
New Orleans now has more charter schools than any other public school system in the country. Of the 89 public schools in New Orleans, 48, more than half, are charter schools. Sixty percent of students now attend privately managed but publicly funded schools.
Metro area has recovered 79 percent of public and private school enrollment.
People Receiving Public Assistance
Over one-third of Social Security recipients who lived in New Orleans have not returned. There were 74,535 in 2004 and 47,000 in December 2009.
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