B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet

B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, one of the schools within East Baton Rouge Parish, serveing 557 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 23% larger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

East Baton Rouge Parish comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 40,083 students; B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet is among them.

In terms of who attends, B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet records that the most-represented group is Black (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 38% White, 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, East Baton Rouge Parish runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet ranks in the top 10% of Louisiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 57.5%; B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet posts 74.7%, +17.1 points above that line.

In the broader community, census data for East Baton Rouge Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $63,071 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet is one of 132 public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students).

The closest other public school is Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet's enrollment has increased 36% since 2018, when it stood at 410 (now 557). The Black share of enrollment declined from 56% to 40% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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