Park Elementary School

Park Elementary School is a K-5 school of compact scale in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, part of East Baton Rouge Parish, caters to 300 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Park Elementary School sits 34% smaller than that benchmark.

Park Elementary School is one of 83 schools operated by East Baton Rouge Parish, a district that serves 40,083 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Park Elementary School records that nearly all students (97%) are Black. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against East Baton Rouge Parish (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Park Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 17.4%, the actual is 17.0%, a residual of -0.4 points.

Around the school, census data for East Baton Rouge Parish shows median household earnings sit near $63,071, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, East Baton Rouge Parish runs 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), of which Park Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Capitol High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Park Elementary School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 28.7%.

Park Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Park Elementary School has edged up 5%, going from 286 students in 2018 to 300 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.