This report from the Orleans Parish PLACE MATTERS Team takes an in‐depth look at how educational policies and practices in New Orleans’ most vulnerable neighborhoods directly affect youth development and long‐term health outcomes. By examining factors such as school performance, suspension/expulsion rates, and the chronic reliance on busing students out of their high‐risk communities, the report shows how inequitable educational environments contribute to the school-to-prison pipeline and perpetuate longstanding disparities in socioeconomic mobility and health. Drawing on robust local data and the social determinants framework, it calls for transformative, place-based interventions and policy reforms to create safer, more equitable, and supportive learning environments for all New Orleanians.