For the past 12 years, the Cowen Institute has published the "State of Public Education in New Orleans" ("SPENO") on a near annual basis. During that time, the purpose, content, and audience of the report have evolved. This edition of the report is a snapshot of public education in the current academic year using aggregated data from publicly available sources to inform a wide audience that includes educators, families, and students, as well as policymakers and the general public. The authors believe that there is value in summarizing data on New Orleans education from publicly available sources and putting that together in one place. Doing so on a regular basis allows to track high-level descriptive information over time and serves as an archival piece in an ever-changing landscape. [Entergy New Orleans provided support for this report. For "The State of Public Education in New Orleans, 2018," see ED588875.]