📍 3760 Aletha Drive, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, 70814
Park Forest Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish. The school has 582 pupils enrolled. It is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 3% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Park Forest Middle School enrolls 582 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% Black or African American, 21% Hispanic or Latino and 2.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 433 | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 125 | 21% |
| White | 15 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
453 of the school's 582 students (78%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 433 qualify for free lunch and 20 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 Middle 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 Middle 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 582 students, Park Forest Middle 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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