Special School District operates 4 public schools serving 187 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 1 high 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.
and 50.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.3% African American, 33.9% White, 1.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Pinecrest Supports & Services Center, with a diversity index of 58.3/100.
Pinecrest Supports & Services Center accounts for 49.2% of all Special School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Special School District a distant remainder — means Special School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Special School District school enrollment varies 46× across entities
Special School District school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 92 students (highest), a spread of 90 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Special School District reports 95.3% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
Special School District chronic absenteeism rate is 50.0% — 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.
Special School District has 4 schools, including 3 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 187 students.
What is the demographic composition of Special School District?
Special School District students are 62.3% African American, 33.9% White, 1.5% Asian, 1.0% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.