Scotlandville Magnet High School

Located at 9870 Scotland Avenue, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Scotlandville Magnet High School is a mid-sized high school that works with 837 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within East Baton Rouge Parish.

Within East Baton Rouge Parish, which oversees 83 schools and 40,083 students, Scotlandville Magnet High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Scotlandville Magnet High School reports that nearly all students (98%) are Black. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, East Baton Rouge Parish runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for East Baton Rouge Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $63,071 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across East Baton Rouge Parish's 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), Scotlandville Magnet High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: J. K. Haynes Teacher Prep and Leadership Academy, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Scotlandville Magnet High School has ticked down 34%, going from 1,263 students in 2018 to 837 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Scotlandville Magnet High School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.