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Enrollment
594
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH·NCES 220054000439
Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts
7600 Boone Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 · (225) 344-0084 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL594 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- FThree-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
15.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
338 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 | 32 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
51%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
74.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -6.0pp since 2022
Math
50.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -20.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 20 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 74.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% 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 16 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 Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts
Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts's state test result (59.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts this school | 594 | 56.9% | 59.3% |
| Zachary Elementary School Zachary | 778 | 63.1% | 45.8% |
| Sallie Humble Elementary School Monroe | 579 | 56.6% | 46.3% |
| Great Hearts Harveston Baton Rouge | 579 | 62.0% | 34.8% |
| Edward Hynes Charter School - UNO New Orleans | 577 | 46.1% | N/A |
| Prairie Elementary School Lafayette | 663 | 57.9% | 51.0% |
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 Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #54 of 583 | #4 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #119 of 582 ▲ 24 | #8 of 49 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #28 of 587 ▼ 2 | #4 of 50 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.0pp | #30 of 540 | #4 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 594 | #152 of 714 | #14 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #515 of 655 | #49 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #308 of 655 | #25 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.9% | #565 of 705 | #61 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.0% | #41 of 197 | #7 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
594
+121 (+26%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 594 | 38.8 | 15.3:1 | 57% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 41.5 | 13.5:1 | 39% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 30.1 | 15.3:1 | 46% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 27 | 17.5:1 | 27% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 24 | 18.3:1 | 39% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 435 | N/A | N/A | 20% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 31 | 14.2:1 | 46% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 27 | 15.9:1 | 38% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 372 | 33 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts.
Since 2017-18: students up 35% (440 to 594); teachers up 61% (24 to 38.8).
About Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is home to Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 594 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 453-student average for elementary schools in Louisiana, enrollment here is 31% higher.
East Baton Rouge Parish oversees Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts and 82 other schools, with 40,083 students in total.
At Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Black students make up 66% of the student body. The school is also 22% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 44% Black share among all East Baton Rouge Parish residents. Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts's diversity index is 51%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.3:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Eligible students account for 57% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish, the school's rate is lower.
Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts is graded A by allk12, scoring above 85% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts scores 15.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 59.3% actual versus 43.4% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, East Baton Rouge Parish, the median household income is $63,071, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. East Baton Rouge Parish is home to 132 public schools and about 66,892 public school students.
Nearby, Magnolia Woods Elementary School is about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts's average proficiency of 59.3% compares with 36.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Enrollment has grown by 121 students since 2020-21, to 594. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 15.3:1, from 17.5:1.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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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Other schools in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Baton Rouge Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolHigh · 1,331 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
- IDEA BridgeCombined · 1,122 students
- Tara High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
- BASIS Baton Rouge Materra CampusCombined · 888 students
Other schools in Baton Rouge
- University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections)Combined · 3,725 students
- Louisiana Virtual Charter AcademyCombined · 2,239 students
- Baton Rouge Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- LSU Laboratory SchoolCombined · 1,463 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolHigh · 1,331 students
Nearby schools
- Magnolia Woods Elementary School0.6 mi · 409
- Wildwood Elementary School1.2 mi · 433
- Highland Elementary School1.2 mi · 288
- The Emerge School for Autism1.5 mi · 48
- IDEA Innovation1.5 mi · 797
- Mayfair Laboratory School1.8 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing ArtsHow many students attend Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts?
Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts enrolls approximately 594 students in grades PK-05.
Is Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts an elementary, middle, or high school?
Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts is approximately 15.3:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts?
At Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts, the student body is approximately 22% White, 4% Hispanic, 66% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts public or private?
Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Baton Rouge Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.