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Baton Rouge, Louisiana - 4 schools
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Office of Juvenile Justice operates 4 public schools serving 370 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined 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.
The funding mix is 2.1% local, 97.0% state, and 0.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 82.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 3.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.2% African American, 29.6% White, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Riverside Alternative High School, with a diversity index of 49.1/100.
Southside Alternative High School accounts for 44.6% of all Office of Juvenile Justice student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Office of Juvenile Justice-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Office of Juvenile Justice school enrollment varies 10× across entities
Office of Juvenile Justice school enrollment ranges from 16 students (lowest) to 165 students (highest), a spread of 149 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Office of Juvenile Justice has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 57.7% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Office of Juvenile Justice student-counselor ratio is 83:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Office of Juvenile Justice chronic absenteeism rate is 3.6% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
How many schools are in Office of Juvenile Justice?
Office of Juvenile Justice has 4 schools, including 4 combined. Total enrollment is 370 students.
What is the demographic composition of Office of Juvenile Justice?
Office of Juvenile Justice students are 67.2% African American, 29.6% White, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.