Eleanor McMain Secondary School

Eleanor Laura McMain Secondary School^[1] is a secondary school in Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana.^[2] It is directly operated by New Orleans Public Schools. The school was named in honor of New Orleans social activist Eleanor McMain.

The school is two blocks away from the former Alcee Fortier High School, now the Lusher Charter School secondary campus. Originally McMain was an all-girls school.^[3]

As Hurricane Katrina was about to hit land, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) designated McMain as a place where people could receive transportation to the Louisiana Superdome, a shelter of last resort.^[4]

Notable alumni

Lil Wayne (Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.) attended McMain in the 1990s for two years. He moved to the Marion Abramson Senior High School.^[5]
Darrion Weems - NFL offensive tackle. Attended but did not graduate McMain (displaced by Hurricane Katrina)^[6]
Emeka Onyenekwu [NFL] Defensive End. Attended but graduated from McKinley High school in Baton Rouge following Hurricane Katrina

↑ "From the desk of the Principal." McMain Secondary School. December 16, 2007. Retrieved on March 18, 2013.
↑ Morris, Robert. "Open-admission Uptown high schools miss state averages in most subjects." Uptown Messenger. July 6, 2012. Retrieved on August 3, 2012.
↑ Sisco, Annette. "McMain class of 1941 holds 70th reunion, celebrate the event in Metairie." The Times-Picayune. Wednesday June 8, 2011. Retrieved on March 18, 2013.
↑ Nolan, Bruce. "KATRINA TAKES AIM." The Times-Picayune. Sunday August 28, 2005. Retrieved on March 18, 2013.
↑ Montoya, Maria C. and Keith Spera (music writer). "Lil Wayne goes back to school (story and video)." New Orleans Times Picayune. Saturday February 23, 2008. Retrieved on March 16, 2013.
↑ http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2012/12/life_after_hurrican_katrina_ha.html

Single-gender schools in Louisiana

Public boys' schools

Closed	Miller-McCoy Academy (New Orleans) Alcee Fortier High School (New Orleans; became a coed school for many years)

Public girls' schools

Became coed	Eleanor McMain Secondary School (New Orleans)

Private boys' schools

New Orleans area	Brother Martin High School (New Orleans) Holy Cross School (New Orleans) Jesuit High School (New Orleans) Archbishop Rummel High School (Metairie) Archbishop Shaw High School (Marrero) St. Augustine High School (New Orleans) St. Paul's School (Covington)

Baton Rouge area	Catholic High School (Baton Rouge)

Private girls' schools

New Orleans area	Academy of Our Lady (Marrero) Academy of the Sacred Heart (New Orleans) Cabrini High School (New Orleans) Archbishop Chapelle High School (Metairie) McGehee School (New Orleans) Mount Carmel Academy (New Orleans) St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School (New Orleans) St. Mary's Academy (New Orleans; coed primary and girls'-only secondary) St. Mary's Dominican High School (New Orleans) St. Scholastica Academy (Covington) Ursuline Academy (New Orleans)

Baton Rouge area	St. Joseph's Academy (Baton Rouge)

Grand Coteau	Academy of the Sacred Heart

Closed	Xavier University Preparatory School (New Orleans)

Public high schools for girls in the United States

Florida

Georgia

Louisiana

Became coed	Eleanor McMain Secondary School (New Orleans)

Michigan

Missouri

Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls (St. Louis) - High school scheduled to begin in 2017

New Jersey

Merged	Battin High School (Elizabeth)

New York

Pennsylvania

Closed	The Young Women's Leadership School at Rhodes High School (Philadelphia)

Texas

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