| Edna Karr High School | |
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| Location | |
| Algiers New Orleans, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, United States |
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| Information | |
| School type | public, high school |
| Established | 1964 |
| Status | open |
| School board | Algiers Charter Schools Association |
| John Hiser | |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Accreditation(s) | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Louisiana Department of Education |
Edna Karr High School is a public, open enrollment, coeducational charter school serving students from Orleans Parish in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The school is a college preparatory high school and is a part of the Algiers Charter Schools Association (ACSA) and the New Orleans Public School System (NOPS). Edna Karr High School is located in Algiers, a small community of New Orleans located on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Orleans Parish.
Students are required to take four years of math, science, English, and social studies, requirements above and beyond those of the state. Two years of foreign language as well as one unit of computer technology, a half-unit of ACT/SAT prep, and a half-unit of speech complete the required courses.
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Edna Karr High School began operation in 1964 as a junior high school named after Edna Karr, an educator who served as a teacher and administrator in the Algiers community. From 1964 until 1990, Edna Karr operated as a typical junior high serving grades seven to nine with an academic program that included regular education, special education, and gifted education. In 1990, the Orleans Parish School Board voted to change Edna Karr into a junior/senior high magnet school at the behest of community activists. As a result significant changes took place: grades, courses, and high school traditions were added. In addition, policies and procedures were written for magnet school clientele. In the years since 1990, Karr completed its SACS Ten-Year Update in 1998. In 2000 and again in 2005, Edna Karr earned the National Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Recognition.
All of this changed in the fall of 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. With the creation of the ACSA, Edna Karr was one of the first six public schools to re-open in the city of New Orleans (December 15, 2005). Edna Karr reopened as a high school serving grades 9-12. Under the Algiers charter, Edna Karr once again has open enrollment and therefore is open to all students in Orleans Parish.
Approximately 93% of the student population is African-American and approximately 82% of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Most of the students will be first-generation college students.