The Adult Literacy Landscape in the Greater New Orleans Area
Parishes Included: Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, St. Tammany and Plaquemines
August, 2007 - July, 2008
Number of Operating Programs: 15
Number of Learners Served: YTD Data being calculated
Entering educational level of learners
Reading-
Math-
Average # of hours attended:
Literacy Levels:
2000 Census Data (self-reported):
18 years and older Less than 9th grade 9th-12th grade, no diploma # people
Orleans Parish 7.2% 18.2% 90,300
Jefferson Parish 6.5% 15.2% 73,900
St. Bernard Parish 9.0% 17.3% 13,200
St. Tammany Parish 4.5% 13.3% 24,400
Plaquemines Parish 13.3% 18.7% 6,000
Louisiana 8.4% 17.2% 832,000
United States 7.1% 13.2% 41,000,000
Only National Statistics are Available:
The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy is a nationally representative assessment of English literacy among American adults age 16 and older. Sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), NAAL is the nation's most comprehensive measure of adult literacy since the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS).
Non-literate in English – 4%
- 7 million could not answer simple test questions
- 4 million had language barriers
Below Basic – 14% – 30 million people
- no more than the most simple and concrete literacy skills
Basic – 29% – 63 million people
- can perform simple and everyday literacy activities
Intermediate – 44% – 95 million people
- can perform moderately challenging literacy activities
Proficient – 13% – 28 million people
- can perform complex and challenging literacy activities
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Literacy Statistics
