📍 14740 Plank Road, Baker, East Baton Rouge Parish, 70714
Advantage Charter Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Baker, East Baton Rouge Parish. The school has 509 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Advantage Charter Academy school district. It serves grades K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.7:1. It operates as a public charter school. 23% of students are proficient in reading. 16% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Advantage Charter Academy enrolls 509 students across grades K–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Black or African American, 2.6% White and 1.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 476 | 94% |
| White | 13 | 2.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
483 of the school's 509 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 473 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Advantage Charter Academy is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-60, state senate district 15, state house district 63.
Advantage Charter Academy is one of 1 schools in Advantage Charter Academy, based in Lafayette, Louisiana. The district serves 743 students district-wide and employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 509 students, Advantage Charter Academy is smaller than the district average of about 743 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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