Nicknamed the Little Red Schoolhouse and perched on dry land in the French Quarter, comfortably above sea level, the school now brims with energy, ambition and rising test scores among its 420 students, more than 90% of them from low-income African-American families.

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Even those who do well in school, like the three girls in the article, will struggle: only about a quarter of low-income eighth graders with above-average scores get a degree, yet 30 percent of students with lower scores but more money will.

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