Claiborne Elementary School

Claiborne Elementary School operates as a mid-sized primary school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, run under East Baton Rouge Parish. Current enrollment sits at 436 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 83 schools in East Baton Rouge Parish (40,083 students total), Claiborne Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Claiborne Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%); the rest consists of 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 44% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Claiborne Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than East Baton Rouge Parish's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Claiborne Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.1%; this one delivers 10.0%.

Around the school, census data for East Baton Rouge Parish shows median household income runs about $63,071, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, East Baton Rouge Parish runs 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), of which Claiborne Elementary School is one.

Inspire Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Claiborne Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 16.0%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Claiborne Elementary School has contracted 17%, going from 523 students in 2018 to 436 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 98% to 91% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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