GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge

GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge is an elementary-level community of sprawling scale in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, one of the schools within GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge, caters to 769 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 70% bigger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge is a school of GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (84%). Other groups include 15% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 44% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, East Baton Rouge Parish reports that median household income runs about $63,071, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge is one of 132 public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students).

Nearest neighbor: GEO Next Generation High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge has expanded 166%, going from 289 students in 2018 to 769 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 2% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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