Sharon Hills Elementary School

Sharon Hills Elementary School operates as a close-knit primary school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, part of East Baton Rouge Parish. Current enrollment sits at 213 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 53% smaller than typical.

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

Looking at the student body, Sharon Hills Elementary School records that 94% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 4% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the resource side, On paper, Sharon Hills Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.7:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 94% of students at Sharon Hills Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against East Baton Rouge Parish (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sharon Hills Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 17.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 9.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for East Baton Rouge Parish put the typical household earns roughly $63,071 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Sharon Hills Elementary School is one.

Zion City School A Redesign School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sharon Hills Elementary School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.9%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Sharon Hills Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 29% since 2018, when it stood at 299 (now 213). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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