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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH·NCES 220054000375
Forest Heights Academy of Excellence
7447 Sumrall Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70812 · (225) 355-5681 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
13.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
290 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
4
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 | 49 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 181% larger than its 6th grade class (21).
Student demographics
4%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Forest Heights Academy of Excellence→Northeast High School
Based on grade levels within East Baton Rouge Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
66.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -8.0pp since 2022
Math
54.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -15.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 15 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 66.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 69.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 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 Forest Heights Academy of Excellence
Forest Heights Academy of Excellence's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Heights Academy of Excellence this school | 409 | 70.9% | 58.3% |
| J.S. Clark Magnet Elementary School Monroe | 458 | 71.6% | 53.2% |
| Edward Hynes Charter School - Parkview New Orleans | 490 | 74.3% | N/A |
| Judson Fundamental Elementary School Shreveport | 312 | 70.5% | 39.0% |
| The Dufrocq School Baton Rouge | 431 | 73.3% | 22.2% |
| Summerfield Elementary School Shreveport | 428 | 74.5% | 13.5% |
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 Forest Heights Academy of Excellence ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #57 of 583 | #5 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #91 of 582 ▼ 32 | #6 of 49 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #51 of 587 ▼ 9 | #5 of 50 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.5pp | #41 of 540 | #6 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #390 of 714 | #36 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #384 of 655 | #41 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.8% | #647 of 655 | #56 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.9% | #398 of 705 | #42 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #351 of 436 | #35 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
409
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 402
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 409 | 29.7 | 13.8:1 | 71% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 30.5 | 11.9:1 | 59% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 32 | 12.4:1 | 69% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 414 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 44% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 26 | 16.7:1 | 75% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | N/A | N/A | 31% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 445 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 76% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 388 | 30 | 12.9:1 | 94% (365) |
| 1990-91 | 402 | 26 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Heights Academy of Excellence.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (435 to 409); teachers up 14% (26 to 29.7).
About Forest Heights Academy of Excellence
As a mid-sized elementary school, Forest Heights Academy of Excellence serves students in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It reported 409 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25.
Forest Heights Academy of Excellence reports to East Baton Rouge Parish, which has 83 schools and 40,083 students.
The share of Black students at Forest Heights Academy of Excellence is 98%. The county population is about 44% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Forest Heights Academy of Excellence scores 4%.
Based on 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, Forest Heights Academy of Excellence has a ratio of 13.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Income data for the school show 71% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish average a similar 70%.
Forest Heights Academy of Excellence holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 89% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Forest Heights Academy of Excellence is in the top 10% of Louisiana schools: 58.3% actual against 33.3% predicted.
The school's county is East Baton Rouge Parish. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $63,071 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish number 132, with about 66,892 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Glen Oaks Senior High School, is the closest to Forest Heights Academy of Excellence. Forest Heights Academy of Excellence has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 17.5%, lower than Forest Heights Academy of Excellence's 58.3%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 409, starting from 414. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.3:1 to 13.8:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Forest Heights Academy of Excellence. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Glen Oaks Senior High School0.4 mi · 575
- Glen Oaks Park Elementary School0.9 mi · 415
- Merrydale Elementary School0.9 mi · 242
- Zion City School A Redesign School1.0 mi · 64
- Sharon Hills Elementary School1.5 mi · 213
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Frequently asked questions
About Forest Heights Academy of ExcellenceHow large is Forest Heights Academy of Excellence?
Forest Heights Academy of Excellence enrolls approximately 409 students in grades PK-06.
Is Forest Heights Academy of Excellence an elementary, middle, or high school?
Forest Heights Academy of Excellence is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Forest Heights Academy of Excellence have?
Forest Heights Academy of Excellence employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Forest Heights Academy of Excellence?
Student demographics at Forest Heights Academy of Excellence are roughly 1% White, 0% Hispanic, 98% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Forest Heights Academy of Excellence in?
Forest Heights Academy of Excellence is part of East Baton Rouge Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.