Linwood Public Charter School

As a sprawling primary school in Shreveport, Louisiana, Linwood Public Charter School instructs 1,092 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Recovery School District-LDE. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 141% larger than typical.

Operationally, Linwood Public Charter School answers to Recovery School District-LDE, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, Linwood Public Charter School records that nearly all students (94%) are Black. Beyond that, the school lists 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 49% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Linwood Public Charter School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 94% of students at Linwood Public Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Caddo Parish (around 68%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Linwood Public Charter School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.0%; this one delivers 13.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Caddo Parish) logs that median household income runs about $50,705, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. In all, Caddo Parish runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,851 students), of which Linwood Public Charter School is one.

Atkins Technology Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Linwood Public Charter School. On composite proficiency, Linwood Public Charter School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Linwood Public Charter School's enrollment has ticked up 21% since 2018, when it stood at 901 (now 1,092). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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