Enrollment
105
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH·NCES 220054001703
White Hills Elementary School
5300 Bentley Drive, Baker, LA 70714 · (225)775-5891 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL105 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
95 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2023-24
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 16 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 12 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 26% |
| Grade 4 | 15 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (16) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (17).
Student demographics
31%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.
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LEAP 2025 2023-24 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
33.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
24.0%
LA avg 32.1% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 24.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 19.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where White Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #411 of 583 | #25 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #390 of 582 ▲ 53 | #29 of 49 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #375 of 587 ▼ 37 | #23 of 50 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 105 | #703 of 714 | #65 of 67 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.5% | #118 of 705 | #19 of 65 |
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.
6-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment
105
-44 (-30%) vs 2017
-67% since 2010-11, when it was 316
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 18.6:1
% White
3%
was 1%
% Black
82%
was 99%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 105 | 6.3 | 16.6:1 | 90% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 119 | 6.4 | 18.5:1 | 94% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 141 | 7 | 20.1:1 | 91% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 149 | 8 | 18.6:1 | 86% (128) |
| 2015-16 | 170 | 17 | 10.0:1 | 70% (119) |
| 2010-11 | 316 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 92% (290) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for White Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (149 to 105); teachers down 21% (8 to 6.3).
About White Hills Elementary School
White Hills Elementary School is a very small elementary school for students in Baker, Louisiana. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 105 students. That puts enrollment 77% below the 453-student average for elementary schools in Louisiana.
East Baton Rouge Parish enrolls 40,083 students in 83 schools, including White Hills Elementary School.
Black students account for 82% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. East Baton Rouge Parish's residents are about 44% Black, 38 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 31, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at White Hills Elementary School totals 6.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana, 14.0:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at White Hills Elementary School is about 90%. The average for public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish is 70%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For White Hills Elementary School, the prediction is 19.1% and the result is 22.7%.
In the wider East Baton Rouge Parish area, the median household earns about $63,071 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. White Hills Elementary School shares East Baton Rouge Parish with 131 other public schools.
Baker Middle School is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 18.5% on proficiency, and White Hills Elementary School is above that at 22.7%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 44 students from 2017-18 to 2023-24. Meanwhile, the Black share shrank from 99% to 82% of enrollment. The school's ratio dropped from 18.6:1 to 16.6:1 between 2017-18 and 2023-24.
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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
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- Woodlawn High SchoolHigh · 1,331 students
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- Advantage Charter AcademyElementary · 743 students
- Impact Charter SchoolElementary · 429 students
- Baker Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Baker High SchoolHigh · 370 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 155 students
- GEO Prep BakerElementary · 121 students
Nearby schools
- Baker Middle School0.7 mi · 155
- Park Ridge Academic Magnet School0.7 mi · 94
- Baker Heights Elementary School0.7 mi · 381
- Advantage Charter Academy1.0 mi · 743
- Impact Charter School1.3 mi · 429
- GEO Prep Baker1.5 mi · 121
Frequently asked questions
About White Hills Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at White Hills Elementary School?
White Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 105 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does White Hills Elementary School serve?
White Hills Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does White Hills Elementary School have?
White Hills Elementary School employs 6 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at White Hills Elementary School?
Student demographics at White Hills Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 11% Hispanic, 82% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is White Hills Elementary School public or private?
White Hills Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Baton Rouge Parish.
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