Belfair Montessori School

Belfair Montessori School operates as a close-knit elementary campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, part of East Baton Rouge Parish. Current enrollment sits at 274 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 40% leaner than the state mean of about 453.

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

On the student-mix side, Belfair Montessori School records that nearly all students (91%) are Black; the rest reads as 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Belfair Montessori School records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Belfair Montessori School sits in the top 10% of Louisiana schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 35.5%; actual is 58.0%, +22.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, East Baton Rouge Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $63,071, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across East Baton Rouge Parish's 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), Belfair Montessori School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Capitol Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Belfair Montessori School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Belfair Montessori School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 15.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 326 students in 2018 compared to 274 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 82% to 91% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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