Impact Charter School

As a mid-sized elementary school, Impact Charter School serves students in Baker, Louisiana. Total enrollment is 429 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 8.

Impact Charter School operates as its own local education agency.

The share of Black students at Impact Charter School is 93%. The remaining shares are 6% Hispanic. East Baton Rouge Parish as a whole is about 44% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 12%.

There are 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Impact Charter School, giving a ratio of 13.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Louisiana is similar, at 14.0:1. A total of 394 students, or 92%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 22 points above the 70% average for public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish.

East Baton Rouge Parish is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $63,071, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. East Baton Rouge Parish's 132 public schools enroll about 66,892 students and include Impact Charter School.

Impact Charter School's nearest public school is Baker Middle School (about 1.1 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Impact Charter School holds a charter, making it a public charter school.

Enrollment was 429 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 404. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.2:1 to 13.8:1.

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