Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy

Located at 205 Vienne Lane, in Lafayette, Louisiana, Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy is a sizable multi-level school that hosts 2,177 students (grades pre-K through 12), part of Lafayette Charter Foundation. Compared to the state average of about 527 students per school, that is 313% above typical.

Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy is a school of Lafayette Charter Foundation, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy reports that 70% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest is composed of 21% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Lafayette Parish as a whole is about 25% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 106 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 52.1:1, putting Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lafayette Parish (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lafayette Parish) records that median household earnings sit near $67,451, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lafayette Parish runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,903 students), of which Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy is one.

Carencro High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy.

Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 156%: 851 students in 2018 compared to 2,177 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 35% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

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