📍 10717 Elaine Street, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, 70814
Park Forest Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish. The school has 509 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 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Park Forest Elementary School enrolls 509 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Black or African American, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 406 | 80% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 81 | 16% |
| White | 8 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
406 of the school's 509 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 373 qualify for free lunch and 33 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Park Forest 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 15, state house district 101.
Park Forest 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 509 students, Park Forest Elementary School is close to 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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