LSU Laboratory School

LSU Laboratory School, a heavily attended unified-grade school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, one of the schools within LSU Laboratory School, teaches 1,463 students, covering grades K through 12. That puts it 178% bigger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 527 students.

Operationally, LSU Laboratory School answers to LSU Laboratory School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, LSU Laboratory School logs that 72% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 16% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 42% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 133 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. The state averages around 52.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 3% of students at LSU Laboratory School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, East Baton Rouge Parish runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, LSU Laboratory School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 81.4%; this one delivers 88.7%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (East Baton Rouge Parish) shows that 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. Across East Baton Rouge Parish's 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), LSU Laboratory School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is McKinley Senior High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LSU Laboratory School comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.3%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 1,441 students in 2018 compared to 1,463 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

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