Liberty High School

Among the schools in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is Liberty High School, a high-enrollment high school. It had 1,218 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 711 students for high schools in Louisiana.

Besides Liberty High School, East Baton Rouge Parish runs 82 other schools. The district enrolls 40,083 students.

At Liberty High School, 77% of students are Black. Smaller groups are 10% White, 10% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of East Baton Rouge Parish is roughly 44% Black. The diversity index for Liberty High School is 39%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

For every teacher at Liberty High School, there are about 18.1 students; the school has 67.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Louisiana is about 18.0:1. There are 684 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 56% of enrollment. Across public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish, the average is 70%.

The school is in East Baton Rouge Parish, where the median household earns about $63,071 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Liberty High School shares East Baton Rouge Parish with 131 other public schools.

Glasgow Middle School, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

Liberty High School is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 3%, from 1,177 to 1,218.

This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Liberty High School. Members of the school community can share what they know.