Community School For Apprenticeship Learning

As a modestly sized junior high in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Community School For Apprenticeship Learning enrolls 290 students from grades 6 through 8, part of East Baton Rouge Parish. Compared to the state average of about 440 students per school, that is 34% smaller than typical.

East Baton Rouge Parish comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 40,083 students; Community School For Apprenticeship Learning is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Community School For Apprenticeship Learning reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (99%). That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, On paper, Community School For Apprenticeship Learning has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. Roughly 83% of students at Community School For Apprenticeship Learning qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against East Baton Rouge Parish (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Community School For Apprenticeship Learning performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.9%, the actual is 19.3%, a residual of -5.6 points.

Across the wider county, census data for East Baton Rouge Parish shows median household earnings sit near $63,071, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Community School For Apprenticeship Learning is one of 132 public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students).

The closest other public school is Madison Preparatory Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Community School For Apprenticeship Learning. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Community School For Apprenticeship Learning ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 19.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. As a public charter, Community School For Apprenticeship Learning runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Community School For Apprenticeship Learning's enrollment has grew 4% since 2018, when it stood at 278 (now 290). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.