The Adult Literacy Landscape in the Greater New Orleans Area
Parishes Included: Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, St. Tammany and Plaquemines
August, 2008 - July, 2009
Number of Operating Programs: 19
Number of Learners Served: 10,000
Entering educational level of learners
Reading: 5th grade
Math: 5th grade
Average # of hours attended: 12 - 500
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
National Assessment of Adult Literacy
The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy is an 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).
The specific measure chosen to estimate literacy at the state and county levels on this website is the percentage of adults lacking Basic Prose Literacy Skills (BPLS). The literacy of adults who lack BPLS ranges from being unable to read and understand any written information in English to being able to locate easily identifiable information in short, commonplace prose text, but nothing more advanced.
Percentage of Population Lacking Basic Prose Literacy Skills
Parish Percentage
Orleans Parish 18%
Jefferson Parish 17%
St. Bernard Parish 13%
St. Tammany Parish 8%
Plaquemines Parish 15%
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Literacy Statistics
