Southern University Lab School

Southern University Lab School is one of the medium-sized all-grades campuss in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, operated by Southern University Lab School, with 478 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12.

Southern University Lab School is one of 2 schools operated by Southern University Lab School, a district that hosts 777 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Southern University Lab School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (98%). That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 52.1:1 average. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Southern University Lab School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 38.9%; actual is 25.7%, a gap of -13.2 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (East Baton Rouge Parish) logs that the typical household earns roughly $63,071 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, East Baton Rouge Parish runs 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), of which Southern University Lab School is one.

The closest other public school is Southern University Laboratory Virtual School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Southern University Lab School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 18.5%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southern University Lab School has increased 59%, going from 301 students in 2018 to 478 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 7.8:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.