Helix Legal Academy

Located at 339 Florida Street, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Helix Legal Academy is a rural-scale intermediate school that works with 127 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by East Baton Rouge Parish. Compared to the state average of about 440 students per school, that is 71% below typical.

Helix Legal Academy is one of 83 schools operated by East Baton Rouge Parish, a district that serves 40,083 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Helix Legal Academy shows that nearly all students (98%) are Black. By comparison, East Baton Rouge Parish as a whole is about 44% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above East Baton Rouge Parish's rate of about 70%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Helix Legal Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 10.5%.

In the area at large, census data for East Baton Rouge Parish shows median household earnings sit near $63,071, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across East Baton Rouge Parish's 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), Helix Legal Academy is one campus in the mix.

Helix Mentorship STEAM Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Helix Legal Academy at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 29.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. Helix Legal Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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