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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH·NCES 220054000429
B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet
4510 Bawell Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 · (225) 343-6630 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
206 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 57 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
87.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
72.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 7 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 87.0% | 72.0% |
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 73.0% |
| 2022-23 | 83.0% | 79.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet
B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet's state test result (76.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet this school | 557 | 37.0% | 76.7% |
| Bluff Ridge Primary Prairieville | 677 | 39.1% | 66.2% |
| New Sarpy Elementary School Destrehan | 417 | 37.9% | N/A |
| W.T. Lewis Elementary School Bossier City | 558 | 43.2% | 46.3% |
| Stockwell Place Elementary School Bossier City | 496 | 44.0% | 65.7% |
| Prien Lake Elementary School Lake Charles | 639 | 41.2% | 73.2% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #14 of 583 | #3 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #26 of 582 ▼ 13 | #3 of 49 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #11 of 587 ▼ 3 | #2 of 50 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #210 of 540 | #17 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #194 of 714 | #19 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #35 of 655 | #7 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #56 of 655 | #3 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.0% | #678 of 705 | #64 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.9% | #40 of 197 | #6 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
557
+65 (+13%) vs 2020
+92% since 1990-91, when it was 290
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 12.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 557 | 56.9 | 9.8:1 | 37% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 54.1 | 11.8:1 | 33% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 49.9 | 11.0:1 | 33% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 41 | 12.0:1 | 20% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 30 | 13.7:1 | 42% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 297 | N/A | N/A | 22% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 293 | 18 | 16.3:1 | 58% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 243 | 18 | 13.5:1 | 67% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 290 | 17 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (410 to 557); teachers up 90% (30 to 56.9).
About B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet
B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 557 students. Across elementary schools in Louisiana, the average enrollment is about 453.
The district, East Baton Rouge Parish, operates 83 schools serving 40,083 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet is Black, with 40% of students. The remaining shares are 38% White, 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet reports a ratio of 9.8 students per teacher, from 56.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 4.2 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet, 37% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish is 70%.
B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 95% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet is in the top 10% of Louisiana schools: 76.7% actual against 57.8% predicted.
For the population of East Baton Rouge Parish, median household income comes to about $63,071, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. East Baton Rouge Parish counts 132 public schools with about 66,892 students.
The closest school to B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet is Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School, located about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet as City: Mid-size.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 65 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 12.0 to 9.8 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet. You can also rate the school on this page.
East Baton Rouge Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
452,938
Census ACS
Median income
$63,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
66,892 students
Quick facts
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- Woodlawn High SchoolHigh · 1,331 students
Nearby schools
- Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School0.6 mi · 453
- University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections)0.7 mi · 3,725
- Westdale Middle School1.2 mi · 538
- Glasgow Middle School1.3 mi · 542
- Bernard Terrace Elementary School1.4 mi · 240
- Liberty High School1.5 mi · 1,218
Frequently asked questions
About B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion MagnetHow many students attend B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet?
B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet enrolls approximately 557 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet serve?
B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet?
The student-to-teacher ratio at B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet is approximately 9.8:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet?
At B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet, the student body is approximately 38% White, 14% Hispanic, 40% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet?
B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet is overseen by East Baton Rouge Parish in East Baton Rouge Parish.
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