Prescott K-8 Academy

As a moderately sized elementary campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Prescott K-8 Academy hosts 426 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by Prescott K-8 Academy.

Prescott K-8 Academy is a school of Prescott K-8 Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Demographically, Prescott K-8 Academy logs that nearly all students (97%) are Black. By comparison, East Baton Rouge Parish as a whole is about 44% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, East Baton Rouge Parish runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for East Baton Rouge Parish indicate 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. Across East Baton Rouge Parish's 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), Prescott K-8 Academy is one campus in the mix.

Winbourne Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. Prescott K-8 Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.