Great Hearts Harveston

Set in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Great Hearts Harveston is an average-sized K-5 school, operated by East Baton Rouge Parish. It instructs 579 students across grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 28% bigger than typical.

Great Hearts Harveston is one of 83 schools operated by East Baton Rouge Parish, a district that serves 40,083 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Great Hearts Harveston lists that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 40% Black, 7% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with East Baton Rouge Parish as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Great Hearts Harveston logs 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.6:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Great Hearts Harveston sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.7%; this one delivers 32.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for East Baton Rouge Parish shows median household income runs about $63,071, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across East Baton Rouge Parish's 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), Great Hearts Harveston is one campus in the mix.

South Baton Rouge Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Great Hearts Harveston. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Great Hearts Harveston at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.7%.

Great Hearts Harveston operates from a low-density location. Great Hearts Harveston operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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