Enrollment
66
Middle
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH·NCES 220054010415
Eva Legard Learning Center
434 East Polk Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802 · (225) 387-2328 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL66 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Louisiana public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
4.9:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
56 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 16 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 45% |
Student demographics
32%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 2024-25 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
25.0%
LA avg 41.4% . +4.0pp since 2022
Math
8.0%
LA avg 33.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 25 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 41 and 33. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 8.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 6.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
14.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.2%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Eva Legard Learning Center
Eva Legard Learning Center's state test result (14.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eva Legard Learning Center this school | 66 | 84.8% | 14.8% |
| Belle Rose Middle School Belle Rose | 77 | 83.1% | 13.0% |
| Delhi Middle School Delhi | 91 | 92.3% | 14.5% |
| East Feliciana Middle School Clinton | 137 | 84.7% | 20.7% |
| Opelousas Middle School Opelousas | 132 | 90.2% | 14.2% |
| Helix Legal Academy Baton Rouge | 127 | 86.6% | 9.0% |
Matched among Louisiana middle 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 Eva Legard Learning Center ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 66 | #218 of 220 | #16 of 17 |
Ranked against other public middle 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66 | 13.5 | 4.9:1 | 85% (56) |
| 2023-24 | 53 | 8.9 | 6.0:1 | 45% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 43 | 6.9 | 6.2:1 | 60% (26) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eva Legard Learning Center.
About Eva Legard Learning Center
Eva Legard Learning Center is a small middle school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Enrollment is 66 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Louisiana is about 440 students, so this school is 85% smaller than average.
Eva Legard Learning Center is part of a district of 83 schools: East Baton Rouge Parish, with 40,083 students.
The large majority of students at Eva Legard Learning Center, 82%, are Black. The rest of enrollment is 9% Hispanic and 8% White. Among all residents of East Baton Rouge Parish, the Black share is about 44%. The chance that two students picked at random at Eva Legard Learning Center belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 32%.
Its 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 4.9:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Louisiana is 41.0:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 85% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 70% average for public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish is 15 points.
Measured against Louisiana public middle schools, Eva Legard Learning Center receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Eva Legard Learning Center sits between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 14.8% and a predicted 23.2%.
In East Baton Rouge Parish (population about 452,938), median household income is about $63,071, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. A total of 132 public schools operate in East Baton Rouge Parish, serving about 66,892 students.
McKinley Senior High School is located about 0.3 miles from Eva Legard Learning Center. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Eva Legard Learning Center is 5th of 5 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Eva Legard Learning Center covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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Nearby schools
- McKinley Senior High School0.3 mi · 669
- McKinley Middle Magnet School0.5 mi · 633
- McKinley Elementary0.5 mi · 628
- LSU Laboratory School0.9 mi · 1,463
- EBR Virtual Academy1.0 mi · 169
- The Dufrocq School1.4 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About Eva Legard Learning CenterHow many students attend Eva Legard Learning Center?
Eva Legard Learning Center enrolls approximately 66 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Eva Legard Learning Center serve?
Eva Legard Learning Center serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eva Legard Learning Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eva Legard Learning Center is approximately 4.9:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eva Legard Learning Center?
At Eva Legard Learning Center, the student body is approximately 8% White, 9% Hispanic, 82% Black.
Is Eva Legard Learning Center public or private?
Eva Legard Learning Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Baton Rouge Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.