Baton Rouge, LA

Kids in Baton Rouge

Public-school enrollment and staffing from NCES, plus bedrooms, childcare and how educated the adults already here are. This is not a GreatSchools ranking.

Public-school students: 135,448; NCES CCD 2024-2025, regular and charter districts in this metro.
Pupil–teacher ratio: 13.4; 10,077 teachers across 29 districts and 233 schools.
Districts / schools: 29 / 233; Open regular, component and charter LEAs geocoded to this CBSA.

Bedrooms you set: 1; A household this size usually wants a studio.
Childcare in this setup: $0; No kids under 5 in the current household, so this is $0.
Leftover with current kids: $2,645; After tax, rent and everything else.

Largest public school districts

The 12 biggest open regular and charter districts geocoded to the Baton Rouge metro, ranked by students enrolled. District websites are the direct source for enrollment boundaries, calendars and programs.

District	City	Students	Schools	Pupil–teacher
East Baton Rouge Parish	Baton Rouge	39,320	81	13.4
Livingston Parish	Livingston	26,499	43	14.9
Ascension Parish	Donaldsonville	23,743	32	13.5
Zachary Community School District	Zachary	5,494	7	13.9
Central Community School District	Baton Rouge	4,580	5	14.2
West Baton Rouge Parish	Port Allen	4,153	10	10.2
Iberville Parish	Plaquemine	4,076	8	9.1
University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections)	Baton Rouge	3,725	1	17.6
Assumption Parish	Napoleonville	2,701	9	12.7
Pointe Coupee Parish	New Roads	2,293	5	13.9
Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy	Baton Rouge	2,239	1	21.4
West Feliciana Parish	St. Francisville	2,145	4	9.4

East Baton Rouge Parish
Baton Rouge
Students
39,320
Schools
81
Pupil–teacher
13.4
Livingston Parish
Livingston
Students
26,499
Schools
43
Pupil–teacher
14.9
Ascension Parish
Donaldsonville
Students
23,743
Schools
32
Pupil–teacher
13.5
Zachary Community School District
Zachary
Students
5,494
Schools
7
Pupil–teacher
13.9
Central Community School District
Baton Rouge
Students
4,580
Schools
5
Pupil–teacher
14.2
West Baton Rouge Parish
Port Allen
Students
4,153
Schools
10
Pupil–teacher
10.2
Iberville Parish
Plaquemine
Students
4,076
Schools
8
Pupil–teacher
9.1
University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections)
Baton Rouge
Students
3,725
Schools
1
Pupil–teacher
17.6
Assumption Parish
Napoleonville
Students
2,701
Schools
9
Pupil–teacher
12.7
Pointe Coupee Parish
New Roads
Students
2,293
Schools
5
Pupil–teacher
13.9
Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy
Baton Rouge
Students
2,239
Schools
1
Pupil–teacher
21.4
West Feliciana Parish
St. Francisville
Students
2,145
Schools
4
Pupil–teacher
9.4

Source: NCES CCD 2024–25, LEA directory, membership and staff files. Pupil–teacher is students divided by reported teacher FTE.

Public schools by level

Primary: 136; Elementary grades
Middle: 41; Middle or junior high
High: 46; Secondary grades
Other: 24; K–12, ungraded, alternative

247 open public schools in the NCES CCD 2024–25 school directory, grouped by the level NCES assigns from grades offered.

Where the Baton Rouge metro sits

Roughly the core of the Baton Rouge, LA metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.

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If this were a family of four

Two adults, two kids, one under five, three bedrooms: leftover in Baton Rouge would be $537 a month, with $1,035 going to childcare. Run that household on the paycheck page →

Enrollment and staffing: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-2025, joined to metros with NCES EDGE LEA geocodes. Childcare is a national baseline scaled by this metro's cost index — not a daycare quote. No test-score rankings.