Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge

As a small unified-grade school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge enrolls 351 students from grades K through 10, run under Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 527 students each, so Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge sits 33% leaner than that benchmark.

Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge sits inside Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge records that 77% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 18% White. By comparison, East Baton Rouge Parish as a whole is about 44% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 52.1:1, putting Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, census data for East Baton Rouge Parish shows median household income runs about $63,071, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across East Baton Rouge Parish's 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Parkview Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge operates from an outer-ring location. As a public charter, Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 10%: 320 students in 2018 compared to 351 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 63% to 77% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 6.6:1 today.

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