Schools · Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA schools
Baton Rouge’s public schools score well below Louisiana’s averages: 34% of students are proficient in reading against 40.1% statewide, and 75% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.1%. Kids attend one of 30 schools through grade 8, then one of 15 high schools and one of 9 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Baton Rouge’s School Grade: B
The public schools Baton Rouge’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of Louisiana’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
B+Test scoresC-Graduation
Louisiana school districts we grade (188)Better than 60%
Lower resultsHigher results
Louisiana towns with similar household incomes (172)Better than 19%
High confidence. Built on 20,230 tested students and a graduating class of 2,936; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Louisiana’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Louisiana only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Louisiana with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Baton Rouge kids go to school
Grades 9–12
15 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list East Baton Rouge Parish School DistrictGrades 12
9 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list East Baton Rouge Parish School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, East Baton Rouge Parish)34%
State average 40.1%
Math (grades PK–12, East Baton Rouge Parish)22%
State average 28.7%
Graduation · class of 2020
75% graduate on time
Graduation rate
75%
LA: 84.1%
Graduating class
2,936
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #153 of 161 LA towns →
Districts
The district serving Baton Rouge
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 102 schools in Baton Rouge
Showing 1–30 of 102 schools
GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton RougeElementary · Grades K–8 · 769 students
CCharterGEO Prep Mid-City of Greater Baton RougeElementary · Grades K–8 · 686 students
C-CharterInspire Charter AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 658 students
C-CharterCedarcrest-Southmoor Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 644 students
CPublicMcKinley ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 628 students
PublicBaton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing ArtsElementary · Grades PK–5 · 594 students
APublicBroadmoor Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 579 students
CPublicB. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion MagnetElementary · Grades PK–5 · 557 students
A+PublicParkview Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 499 students
APublicAudubon Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 495 students
B-PublicMayfair Laboratory SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 480 students
A+PublicPark Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 474 students
C+PublicWedgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 456 students
C-PublicWestdale Heights Academic Magnet SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 453 students
A+PublicClaiborne Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 436 students
C-PublicWildwood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 433 students
B-PublicThe Dufrocq SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 431 students
B-PublicCrestworth Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 427 students
CPublicPrescott K-8 AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 426 students
CharterLaBelle Aire Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 425 students
C-PublicBASIS Baton Rouge Primary Mid CityElementary · Grades K–5 · 423 students
CharterTwin Oaks Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 417 students
C+PublicMagnolia Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 409 students
CPublicVilla del Rey Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 387 students
C-PublicLaSalle Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 338 students
B-PublicCapitol Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 321 students
CPublicPark Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 300 students
DPublicProgress Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 300 students
C+PublicCSAL ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 288 students
CharterHighland Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 288 students
C+PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.