Inspire Charter Academy

Located at 5454 North Foster Drive, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Inspire Charter Academy is a moderately sized elementary-level community that enrolls 658 students (grades K through 8), part of East Baton Rouge Parish. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 45% bigger than typical.

Within East Baton Rouge Parish, which oversees 83 schools and 40,083 students, Inspire Charter Academy is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Inspire Charter Academy shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (95%); the rest is composed of 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 44% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Inspire Charter Academy lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 121.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against East Baton Rouge Parish (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Inspire Charter Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 15.7%; this one delivers 24.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (East Baton Rouge Parish) shows that the typical household earns roughly $63,071 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Inspire Charter Academy is one of 132 public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students).

The closest other public school is Claiborne Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Inspire Charter Academy. On composite proficiency, Inspire Charter Academy comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 11.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area. Inspire Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Inspire Charter Academy's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 690 (now 658). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 121.4:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.