An equity score of 62/100 ranks Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge #50 of 176 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,060 per pupil, Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge ranks #45 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge operates 1 public schools serving 450 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,060 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Louisiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 54.4% local, 35.9% state, and 9.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 62/100, ranked #50 of 176 in Louisiana against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 351:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 54.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.5% African American, 18.2% White, 0.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge accounts for 78.0% of all Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge a distant remainder — means Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge reports 55.6% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge student-counselor ratio is 351:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge chronic absenteeism rate is 54.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge?
Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 450 students.
How much does Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge spend per student?
Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge spends $17,060 per student. The district has an equity score of 62/100, ranking #50 in Louisiana.
What is the demographic composition of Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge?
Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge students are 77.5% African American, 18.2% White, 0.9% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge?
Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge has an equity score of 62/100, ranking #50 out of 176 districts in Louisiana.