Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH·NCES 220054000373
Capitol Elementary School
4141 Gus Young Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70802 · (225) 343-9364 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
15.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
295 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 16 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
5%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
20.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
8.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 20.0% | 8.0% |
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 11.0% |
| 2022-23 | 19.0% | 14.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 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 Capitol Elementary School
Capitol Elementary School's state test result (18.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Elementary School this school | 321 | 91.9% | 18.2% |
| St. Landry Charter School Opelousas | 315 | 91.1% | N/A |
| Pine Grove Elementary School Shreveport | 333 | 91.9% | 12.8% |
| Park Elementary School Baton Rouge | 300 | 93.3% | 19.7% |
| Rosenwald Elementary School New Roads | 303 | 91.4% | 14.0% |
| Lowery Elementary School Donaldsonville | 307 | 91.9% | 22.0% |
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 Capitol Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #476 of 583 | #36 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.0% | #565 of 582 ▼ 86 | #49 of 49 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #528 of 587 ▼ 129 | #44 of 50 ▼ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #183 of 540 | #15 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #510 of 714 | #44 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #528 of 655 | #50 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 5.5% | #640 of 655 | #54 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.9% | #91 of 705 | #16 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.5% | #144 of 436 | #17 of 39 |
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
321
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 321 | 20.7 | 15.5:1 | 92% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 19.2 | 15.7:1 | 88% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 300 | 13.9 | 21.6:1 | 94% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 316 | 19 | 16.6:1 | 85% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 20 | 20.4:1 | 92% (377) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 42 | 10.2:1 | 83% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 608 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 98% (595) |
| 2000-01 | 372 | 31 | 12.0:1 | 95% (353) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 31 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Capitol Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (409 to 321); teachers up 4% (20 to 20.7).
About Capitol Elementary School
Capitol Elementary School is a public small elementary school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Enrolled students number 321 students, in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 29% lower than the average for elementary schools in Louisiana, which is about 453.
East Baton Rouge Parish has a total of 83 schools and 40,083 students, Capitol Elementary School among them.
Federal enrollment data show Capitol Elementary School is 97% Black. Other groups make up 2% Hispanic. East Baton Rouge Parish as a whole is about 44% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 5% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.5:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Eligible students account for 92% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. It compares with 70% for public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish.
allk12 grades Capitol Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Capitol Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (18.2%) and its predicted rate (18.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools.
East Baton Rouge Parish census figures show that the median household income is $63,071, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. East Baton Rouge Parish is home to 132 public schools and about 66,892 public school students.
Belfair Montessori School is located about 0.4 miles from Capitol Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 18.2% is below the 23.0% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Capitol Elementary School as City: Mid-size.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 321, close to the 316 recorded in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.6:1 to 15.5:1.
Community posts for Capitol Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Related schools
Other schools in East Baton Rouge Parish
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- Tara High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
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- 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
Other Capitol Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Capitol Elementary. Capitol Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Capitol Elementary SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 373 students
- Capitol Elementary SchoolLEVELLAND, TX · 285 students
Nearby schools
- Belfair Montessori School0.4 mi · 274
- Capitol Middle School0.8 mi · 413
- Park Elementary School0.8 mi · 300
- Melrose Elementary School0.8 mi · 227
- Dalton Elementary School A Redesign School1.0 mi · 189
- Capitol High School1.0 mi · 205
Frequently asked questions
About Capitol Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Capitol Elementary School?
Capitol Elementary School enrolls approximately 321 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Capitol Elementary School serve?
Capitol Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Capitol Elementary School?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at Capitol Elementary School.
How diverse is Capitol Elementary School?
Capitol Elementary School reports a student body of 0% White, 2% Hispanic, 97% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Capitol Elementary School?
Capitol Elementary School is overseen by East Baton Rouge Parish in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.