Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired

Located at 2888 Brightside Lane, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired is a tight-knit multi-level school that serves 57 students (grades pre-K through 12), operated by LA Schools for the Deaf and Visually Impaired. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 73 students each, so Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired sits 22% below that benchmark.

LA Schools for the Deaf and Visually Impaired runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 146 students. Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired reports that 65% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 19% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. 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, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 24.3:1, putting Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired tighter than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, East Baton Rouge Parish runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for East Baton Rouge Parish put median household income runs about $63,071, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired is one of 132 public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students).

Nearest neighbor: Louisiana School for the Deaf, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 5-year window, the student count ticked down 16%: 68 students in 2018 compared to 57 in 2023. White enrollment moved from 34% to 19% across the same window.

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