📍 1348 Valcour St, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, 70806
Melrose Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish. The school has 330 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 17.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.4:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Melrose Elementary School enrolls 330 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 17.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% Black or African American, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino and 1.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 303 | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 20 | 6.1% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
311 of the school's 330 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 303 qualify for free lunch and 8 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Melrose 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.
Melrose 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 330 students, Melrose 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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