Park Ridge Academic Magnet School

Park Ridge Academic Magnet School is a small elementary school with its address in Baker, Louisiana. It serves 94 students in kindergarten through 8. For comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana average about 453 students.

City of Baker School District has a total of 4 schools and 1,000 students, Park Ridge Academic Magnet School among them.

Park Ridge Academic Magnet School's enrollment is 90% Black. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic. The school's Black share is 47 points above the 44% share among East Baton Rouge Parish residents. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Teachers at the school number 9.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.9:1. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana have 14.0:1, compared with 9.9:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 93% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish is 70%.

Park Ridge Academic Magnet School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

After adjusting for student poverty, Park Ridge Academic Magnet School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.2%; the prediction is 17.6%.

East Baton Rouge Parish has these Census figures: the median household income is $63,071, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. In all, East Baton Rouge Parish has 132 public schools and roughly 66,892 students.

The nearest other public school, Baker Heights Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Park Ridge Academic Magnet School ranks 2nd of 5 on average proficiency.

The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.

Enrollment records show 171 in 2020-21 and 94 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 9.9:1, from 17.1:1.

Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Park Ridge Academic Magnet School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.