Belaire High School

Set in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Belaire High School is a moderately sized senior high, operated by East Baton Rouge Parish. It caters to 694 students across grades 9 through 12.

East Baton Rouge Parish runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 40,083 students. Belaire High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Belaire High School records that the largest single group is Black, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 44% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Belaire High School logs 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 72% of students at Belaire High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for East Baton Rouge Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $63,071, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Belaire High School is one of 132 public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students).

Nearest neighbor: LaBelle Aire Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Belaire High School operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Belaire High School has contracted 22%, going from 894 students in 2018 to 694 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 87% to 68% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.