📍 800 East Mckinley, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, 70802
McKinley Senior High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish. The school has 920 pupils enrolled. It is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1. 24% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 73%. The school offers 9 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
McKinley Senior High School enrolls 920 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% Black or African American, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 4.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 684 | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 186 | 20% |
| White | 39 | 4.2% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
650 of the school's 920 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 594 qualify for free lunch and 56 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
McKinley Senior High 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-50, state senate district 16, state house district 68.
McKinley Senior High 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 920 students, McKinley Senior High School is larger 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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