Progress Elementary School

Progress Elementary School is a primary school of low-enrollment scale in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, one of the schools within East Baton Rouge Parish, caters to 300 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 34% below the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Across the 83 schools in East Baton Rouge Parish (40,083 students total), Progress Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Progress Elementary School reports that nearly all students (97%) are Black. By comparison, East Baton Rouge Parish as a whole is about 44% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Progress Elementary School lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. The state averages about 14.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above East Baton Rouge Parish's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, Progress Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 15.2%, the actual is 22.3%, a residual of +7.1 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for East Baton Rouge Parish put the typical household earns roughly $63,071 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Progress Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Crestworth Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Progress Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 19.2%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Progress Elementary School has edged down 20%, going from 374 students in 2018 to 300 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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