Merrydale Elementary School

Located at 6700 Rio Street, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Merrydale Elementary School is a close-knit elementary-level community that educates 242 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of East Baton Rouge Parish. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Merrydale Elementary School sits 47% smaller than that benchmark.

Within East Baton Rouge Parish, which oversees 83 schools and 40,083 students, Merrydale Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Merrydale Elementary School logs that nearly all students (96%) are Black; the rest reads as 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages about 14.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 94% of students at Merrydale Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against East Baton Rouge Parish (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Merrydale Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 17.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for East Baton Rouge Parish shows median household earnings sit near $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. In all, East Baton Rouge Parish runs 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), of which Merrydale Elementary School is one.

Glen Oaks Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Merrydale Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 44%: 429 students in 2018 compared to 242 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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