East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools

East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools is a public school district headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The district serves most of East Baton Rouge Parish; it contains approximately 90 individual schools: 56 elementary schools, 16 middle schools, and 18 high schools.

East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools
Address
1050 S. Foster Dr. Baton Rouge , Louisiana, 70806 United States
District information
Type	Local school district
Motto	One Team. One Mission
Established	1880
Superintendent	Warren Drake
Asst. Superintendent(s)	Quentina Timoll
Schools	85
NCES District ID	2200540[1]
District ID	LA-017
Students and staff
Students	40,668
Teachers	2,271.85
Student–teacher ratio	17.90
Other information
Website	ebrschools.org

Students in the three other incorporated cities in the parish are served by separate school systems. Residents in Baker are serviced by the City of Baker School System; Zachary residents attend schools operated by the Zachary Community School Board; while Central residents attend schools in the Central Community School System.

Policies and programs

The district requires all students to wear school uniforms, except those attending Baton Rouge Magnet High School and Lee Magnet High School.[2]

The district also partners with The Cinderella Project of Baton Rouge, a charity that provides free prom dresses to public high school students who cannot otherwise afford them.

List of schools

Elementary schools

Zoned

• Audubon Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Banks Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Belfair Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Bernard Terrace Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Broadmoor Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Brookstown Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Brownsfield Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• Buchanan Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Capital Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Cedarcrest-Southmoor Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Claiborne Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Crestworth Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Delmont Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Dufrocq Elementary School (Baton Rouge
• Glen Oaks Park Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• Greenbrier Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• Greenville Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Highland Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Howell Park Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Jefferson Terrace Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• La Belle Aire Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Lanier Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• LaSalle Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Magnolia Woods Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Melrose Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Merrydale Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• North Highlands Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Northeast Elementary School (PK-6th) (Unincorporated area)
• Park Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Park Forest Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Parkview Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Polk Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Progress Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Riveroaks Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• Ryan Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Scotlandville Elementary School (Baton Rouge) (formally Harding Elementary)
• Sharon Hills Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• Shenandoah Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• South Boulevard Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Twin Oaks Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• University Terrace Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Villa del Rey Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Wedgewood Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Westdale Heights Academic Magnet (Baton Rouge)
• Westminster Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• White Hills Elementary School (Unincorporated area, near the City of Baker )
• Wildwood Elementary School (Baton Rouge)
• Winbourne Elementary School (Baton Rouge)

Alternative

• Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts (BRCVPA) (Baton Rouge)
• Children's Charter School (Baton Rouge)
• Forest Heights Academy of Excellence

Preschool

• Southdowns Preschool (Baton Rouge)

Middle schools

Zoned

• Broadmoor Magnet Middle School (Baton Rouge)
• Capitol Middle School (Baton Rouge)
• Glasgow Middle School (Baton Rouge)
• Glen Oaks Middle School (Baton Rouge)
• Istrouma Middle Magnet School (Baton Rouge)
• Park Forest Middle School (Baton Rouge)
• Southeast Middle School (Baton Rouge)
• Sherwood Middle Academic Magnet School (Baton Rouge)
• Westdale Middle School (Baton Rouge)
• Woodlawn Middle School (Baton Rouge)

Alternative

• McKinley Middle Academic Magnet School of Visual & Performing Arts] (Baton Rouge)
• Mohican Education Center (Baton Rouge)
• Sherwood Middle Academic Magnet (Baton Rouge)
• Staring Education Center (Baton Rouge)

7-12 schools

• Northeast High School (Unincorporated area)

High schools

Woodlawn High School

Zoned

• Belaire High School (Baton Rouge)
• Broadmoor High School (Baton Rouge)
• Capitol High School (Baton Rouge)
• Glen Oaks High School (Merrydale, Unincorporated area)
• Istrouma High School (Baton Rouge)
• McKinley High School (Baton Rouge)
• Scotlandville Magnet High School (Baton Rouge)
• Tara High School (Baton Rouge)
• Woodlawn High School (Unincorporated)

Magnet

• Baton Rouge Magnet High School (Baton Rouge)
• Lee Magnet High School (Baton Rouge)

Alternative

• Arlington Preparatory Academy (Baton Rouge)
• Baton Rouge Readiness Superintendent's Academy (Baton Rouge)
• Baton Rouge Preparatory Academy (Baton Rouge)
• East Baton Rouge Laboratory Academy (Baton Rouge)
• East Baton Rouge Virtual Academy
• Northdale Academy (Baton Rouge)

Former schools

• The following, all located in Zachary, left to join Zachary Community School Board in 2002.[3]
  • Zachary High School
  • Northwestern Middle School
  • Copper Mill Elementary School
  • Northwestern Elementary School
  • Zachary Elementary School
• The following, all located in Central, left to join Central Community School District on July 1, 2007.[4]
  • Bellingrath Hills Elementary School
  • Tanglewood Elementary School
  • Central Middle School
  • Central High School

Former school board members

• Alfred C. Williams, state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish since 2015; board member from 2003 to 2005[5]

Teachers from the Philippines

Teachers from the Philippines with H-1B visas who were employed at district schools have sued the district and two employment agencies over fees they were charged.[6]

References

1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for {{{district_name}}}". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences.
2. "Uniform Policy General Guidelines Archived 2007-09-03 at the Wayback Machine." East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools.
3. "Zachary School Board sets hearing on fiscal plans." The Advocate.
4. "Attendance Zones Archived 2008-03-02 at the Wayback Machine." East Baton Rouge Parish School Board.
5. "Alfred C. Williams' Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
6. "Precedent-Setting Decision Issued in SPLC Teacher Trafficking Case". Southern Poverty Law Center. December 20, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2011.

External links

• East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools