Madison Preparatory Academy

Madison Preparatory Academy is a mid-sized high school with its address in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It reported 621 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25.

Madison Preparatory Academy belongs to Community School for Apprenticeship Learning Inc..

At Madison Preparatory Academy, 98% of students are Black. For comparison, the population of East Baton Rouge Parish is roughly 44% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Madison Preparatory Academy scores 3%.

Madison Preparatory Academy has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1, with 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Louisiana is 18.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 79% at Madison Preparatory Academy. By comparison, the figure for public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish is 70%.

The school is in East Baton Rouge Parish, where the median household earns about $63,071 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Across East Baton Rouge Parish, 132 public schools serve about 66,892 students.

Community School For Apprenticeship Learning, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

For locale, NCES codes Madison Preparatory Academy as City: Mid-size. Madison Preparatory Academy holds a charter, making it a public charter school.

Enrollment at Madison Preparatory Academy was 608 in 2020-21 and 621 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Students per teacher dropped from 18.4 in 2020-21 to 16.8 in 2024-25.

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