Edna Karr High School

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Edna Karr High School
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Edna Karr High School
4400 General Meyer Ave

Algiers

New Orleans
,
Orleans Parish
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Louisiana

United States
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School type Public Charter
Established1964
Statusopen
School boardInspireNOLA
School districtOrleans Parish
PrincipalTomika Washington
Teaching staff52.01 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,134 (2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio21.80 [1]
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)Purple and Gold   
SloganSecond 2 None
Fight song We Are The Cougars!
Athletics LHSAA
Athletics conference 5A District 9
Sports7X LHSSA State Football Championships (1993,2012,2016,2017,2018,2019,2024) 8x LHSSA State Track and Field State Championships(Boys & Girls) 1996,2003,2013, 2015,2016,2017,2018,2019)
Mascot Cougar
Nickname Cougars
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Louisiana Department of Education

Edna Karr High School is a public, open enrollment, coeducational charter school in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The school is a college preparatory high school and is a part of InspireNOLA Charter Schools 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.

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History

The school began operation in 1964 as a junior high school. [2] It was named after Edna Karr, an educator who served as a teacher and administrator in the Algiers community. About 18 months after the (mid-school-year) opening of the new junior high, Hurricane Betsy struck as the 1965-66 school year was starting. Local schools were closed for several days, in part because local electric power had not been restored. In addition, Karr's beautiful gym floor was ruined; blowing rain had pounded in through broken windows, and the inundated wood flooring buckled like an accordion. When school restarted, physical education classes were held outdoors until the floor had been replaced.

Until 1990, Edna Karr operated as a junior high serving grades 7 through 9, with an academic program that included regular education, special education, and gifted education. [2] In May 1990, the Orleans Parish School Board voted to change Edna Karr into a junior/senior high magnet school. [2] This was at the behest of community activists. As a result, significant changes took place: upper grade levels, new courses, and high school traditions were added. In addition, policies and procedures were written for magnet school clientele. Starting with the 1991 school year, grades ten, eleven and twelve would be added over the next three years and the school graduated its first senior class in May 1993. [2]

In the years since Karr became a high school, it completed its Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) 10-Year Update in 1998. In 2000 and again in 2005, Edna Karr earned the National Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Recognition. [3]

All of this changed in the autumn of 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. With the creation of the Algiers Charter Schools Association, Edna Karr was one of the first six public schools to reopen in the city of New Orleans (December 15, 2005). Edna Karr reopened as a senior high charter school serving grades 9 through 12. Under the ACSA charter, Edna Karr once again has open enrollment and is therefore open to all students who live in Orleans Parish.[ citation needed ]

Edna Karr will complete a brand new campus by October 2019. The project is estimated to cost $48.9 million. [4]

Student demographics

As of the 2015-16 school year, approximately 95% of the student population is African-American, and approximately 83% of the students qualify for free or reduced-price school lunches. Most of the students will be first-generation college students in their families. [5]

In 2015, Edna Karr ranked 2nd best in the New Orleans Parish School District and above 83.1% of high schools in Louisiana in academic performance. [5]

Athletics

Edna Karr athletics competes in the LHSAA. [6]

State Championships
(6) Football: 1993, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024

(8) Track (Boys & Girls) 1996, 2003, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Marching band

Edna Karr's marching band is known as "#TeamBustEmUp" and includes 100+ instrumentalists, dancers (Cougar Dolls), a flag corp, and twirlers. Some notable accomplishments of the band include being highlighted in a documentary on New Orleans, photographed for ESPN's 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina issue, invited to perform in London, England for the city's 2016 New Years Day Parade, and a cameo appearance in Beyoncé's Lemonade visual album. They have also appeared in a 2018 T-Mobile commercial and made an appearance in the 2018 film, Assassination Nation. It is one of the premier bands of New Orleans, often called upon to compete nationwide. [7]

The Marching Cougars' motto is "Second to None".

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Edna Karr/About". inspirenolacharterschools.org. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Top 10 Best Louisiana Blue Ribbon Public High Schools (2022)".
  4. ↑ "Edna Karr High Construction Plans, Harriet R. Tubman Elementary Renovation Nearly Complete". 16 August 2017.
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  6. ↑ "Karr, Edna". lhsaa.org. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  7. ↑ "New Beyonce music video spotlights 4 Edna Karr drum majors".
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