BASIS Baton Rouge Primary Mid City

BASIS Baton Rouge Primary Mid City is a moderately sized elementary-level community in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, overseen by East Baton Rouge Parish. The school educates 423 students in grades K through 5.

BASIS Baton Rouge Primary Mid City is one of 83 schools operated by East Baton Rouge Parish, a district that hosts 40,083 students overall.

In terms of who attends, BASIS Baton Rouge Primary Mid City shows that 60% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest looks like 20% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 231.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting BASIS Baton Rouge Primary Mid City higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BASIS Baton Rouge Primary Mid City sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.7%; this one delivers 40.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for East Baton Rouge Parish put median household income runs about $63,071, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BASIS Baton Rouge Primary Mid City is one of 132 public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students).

The closest other public school is Collegiate Baton Rouge, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BASIS Baton Rouge Primary Mid City ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 18.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. As a public charter, BASIS Baton Rouge Primary Mid City runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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