Shenandoah Elementary School

Located at 16555 Appomattox Ave, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Shenandoah Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school that hosts 584 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within East Baton Rouge Parish. That puts it 29% larger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

East Baton Rouge Parish runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 40,083 students. Shenandoah Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Shenandoah Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% White, 11% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Shenandoah Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Shenandoah Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.0%, the actual is 49.0%, a residual of +11.0 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (East Baton Rouge Parish) records that median household earnings sit near $63,071, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, East Baton Rouge Parish runs 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), of which Shenandoah Elementary School is one.

Woodlawn Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shenandoah Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shenandoah Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 39.2%.

Shenandoah Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Shenandoah Elementary School's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 624 (now 584). The White share of enrollment decreased from 46% to 28% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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