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Enrollment
819
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH·NCES 220054002404
South Baton Rouge Charter Academy
9211 Parkway Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70810 · (225) 349-7489 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL819 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
33.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
592 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 43% larger than its 8th grade class (68).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
23.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
14.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 23.0% | 14.0% |
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 8.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 9.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like South Baton Rouge Charter Academy
South Baton Rouge Charter Academy's state test result (15.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Baton Rouge Charter Academy this school | 819 | 72.3% | 15.3% |
| Lake Pontchartrain Elementary School LaPlace | 754 | 78.5% | 29.8% |
| Harriet Tubman Charter School New Orleans | 901 | 76.9% | N/A |
| S.J. Montgomery Elementary School Lafayette | 663 | 75.6% | 22.2% |
| Woodmere School Harvey | 629 | 76.6% | 14.3% |
| Wilson Charter School New Orleans | 601 | 78.5% | N/A |
Matched among Louisiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where South Baton Rouge Charter Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #506 of 583 | #39 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #514 of 582 ▲ 2 | #40 of 49 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #502 of 587 ▼ 29 | #39 of 50 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #235 of 540 | #13 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 819 | #36 of 714 | #2 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 33.9:1 | #653 of 655 | #59 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #325 of 655 | #26 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.3% | #382 of 705 | #40 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.8% | #32 of 197 | #4 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
819
+84 (+11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
33.9:1
was 20.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 819 | 24.2 | 33.9:1 | 72% (592) |
| 2023-24 | 871 | 8.4 | 103.7:1 | 76% (662) |
| 2022-23 | 845 | 64.6 | 13.1:1 | 82% (691) |
| 2020-21 | 735 | 36 | 20.4:1 | 51% (372) |
| 2017-18 | 590 | 32 | 18.4:1 | 74% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 46 | 12.1:1 | 59% (330) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Baton Rouge Charter Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 39% (590 to 819); teachers down 25% (32 to 24.2).
About South Baton Rouge Charter Academy
South Baton Rouge Charter Academy is a public large elementary school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school covers pre-K through 8 and reported 819 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll around 453, and this school is 81% bigger than that mark.
East Baton Rouge Parish has a total of 83 schools and 40,083 students, South Baton Rouge Charter Academy among them.
At South Baton Rouge Charter Academy, 65% of students are Black. The school is also 27% Hispanic and 6% White. That is higher than the 44% Black share among all East Baton Rouge Parish residents. The diversity index for South Baton Rouge Charter Academy is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
South Baton Rouge Charter Academy reported 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 33.9:1. Elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1, 20.0 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 592 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 72% of enrollment. The average for public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish is similar, at 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, South Baton Rouge Charter Academy lands at D, ahead of 5% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
South Baton Rouge Charter Academy falls short of its prediction by 16.9 points. The model expects 32.3% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Louisiana; the school's rate is 15.3%.
For East Baton Rouge Parish, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $63,071, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county has 132 public schools and about 66,892 students.
About 1.1 miles separate South Baton Rouge Charter Academy from the closest public school, Wildwood Elementary School. The five-mile area around South Baton Rouge Charter Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. South Baton Rouge Charter Academy's average proficiency of 15.3% compares with 43.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
South Baton Rouge Charter Academy is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 819, up from 735 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 20.4:1 to 33.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
East Baton Rouge Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
452,938
Census ACS
Median income
$63,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
66,892 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Baton Rouge Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolHigh · 1,331 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
- IDEA BridgeCombined · 1,122 students
- Tara High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
- BASIS Baton Rouge Materra CampusCombined · 888 students
Other schools in Baton Rouge
- University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections)Combined · 3,725 students
- Louisiana Virtual Charter AcademyCombined · 2,239 students
- Baton Rouge Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- LSU Laboratory SchoolCombined · 1,463 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolHigh · 1,331 students
Nearby schools
- Wildwood Elementary School1.1 mi · 433
- IDEA Innovation1.6 mi · 797
- Great Hearts Harveston1.6 mi · 579
- The Emerge School for Autism1.7 mi · 48
- Mayfair Laboratory School1.9 mi · 480
- Magnolia Woods Elementary School2.0 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About South Baton Rouge Charter AcademyHow large is South Baton Rouge Charter Academy?
South Baton Rouge Charter Academy enrolls approximately 819 students in grades PK-08.
Is South Baton Rouge Charter Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
South Baton Rouge Charter Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at South Baton Rouge Charter Academy?
Approximately 33.9:1 students per teacher at South Baton Rouge Charter Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at South Baton Rouge Charter Academy?
At South Baton Rouge Charter Academy, the student body is approximately 6% White, 27% Hispanic, 65% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is South Baton Rouge Charter Academy public or private?
South Baton Rouge Charter Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by East Baton Rouge Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.