Louisiana School for the Deaf

Located at 2888 Brightside Lane, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana School for the Deaf is a medium-sized unified-grade school that serves 89 students (grades pre-K through 12), part of LA Schools for the Deaf and Visually Impaired. That puts it 22% above the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 73 students.

Across the 2 schools in LA Schools for the Deaf and Visually Impaired (146 students total), Louisiana School for the Deaf accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Louisiana School for the Deaf lists that the largest single group is Black, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 26% White, 9% Hispanic. 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 resource side, The school lists 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 29.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 24.3:1, putting Louisiana School for the Deaf higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above East Baton Rouge Parish's rate of about 70%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for East Baton Rouge Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $63,071 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 School for the Deaf is one campus in the mix.

Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Louisiana School for the Deaf's enrollment has ticked down 29% since 2018, when it stood at 126 (now 89). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 84.0:1 in 2018 to 29.7:1 today.

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