📍 4141 Gus Young Avenue, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, 70802
Capitol Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish. The school has 300 pupils enrolled. It is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 13.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.6:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Capitol Elementary School enrolls 300 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 13.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Black or African American, 1% White and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 296 | 99% |
| White | 3 | 1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
282 of the school's 300 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 278 qualify for free lunch and 4 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Capitol Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 14, state house district 61.
Capitol Elementary School is one of 83 schools in East Baton Rouge Parish, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The district serves 39,320 students district-wide and employs 2,398 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 300 students, Capitol Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 474 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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