Mayfair Laboratory School

Set in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Mayfair Laboratory School is a medium-sized elementary-level community, overseen by East Baton Rouge Parish. It serves 480 students across grades K through 8.

Mayfair Laboratory School is one of 83 schools operated by East Baton Rouge Parish, a district that hosts 40,083 students overall.

Demographically, Mayfair Laboratory School reports that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 21% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, East Baton Rouge Parish as a whole is about 42% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Mayfair Laboratory School has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below East Baton Rouge Parish's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mayfair Laboratory School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 66.5%; this one delivers 88.3%, a residual of +21.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, East Baton Rouge Parish reports that median household income runs about $63,071, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across East Baton Rouge Parish's 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), Mayfair Laboratory School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wildwood Elementary School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Mayfair Laboratory School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 27.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 23%: 389 students in 2018 compared to 480 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 41% to 21%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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