GEO Prep Baker

GEO Prep Baker is an elementary-level community of tiny scale in Baker, Louisiana, operated by GEO Prep Baker, educateing 121 students in grades K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 73% leaner than the state mean of about 453.

GEO Prep Baker is the operating authority for GEO Prep Baker, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, GEO Prep Baker records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (94%). The remainder breaks down as 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting GEO Prep Baker higher than the state norm the norm. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 somewhat above typical.

In the broader community, East Baton Rouge Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $63,071, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. GEO Prep Baker is one of 132 public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students).

Advantage Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a residential setting. GEO Prep Baker operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On the community side, the feed for GEO Prep Baker typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.