Park Forest Middle School

As a medium-sized 6-8 campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Park Forest Middle School hosts 445 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within East Baton Rouge Parish.

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

In terms of who attends, Park Forest Middle School records that 69% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder consists of 26% Hispanic, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.5:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Park Forest Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Louisiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 30.9%; Park Forest Middle School posts 8.5%, -22.4 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (East Baton Rouge Parish) records 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. In all, East Baton Rouge Parish runs 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), of which Park Forest Middle School is one.

Park Forest Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Park Forest Middle School at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 23.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 30%: 639 students in 2018 compared to 445 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 82% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Park Forest Middle School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.