📍 339 Florida Street, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, 70801
Helix Mentorship STEAM Academy is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish. The school has 406 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 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. It operates as a public charter school. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 92%. The school offers 5 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Helix Mentorship STEAM Academy enrolls 406 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Black or African American, 1.2% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 395 | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 1.2% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
349 of the school's 406 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 311 qualify for free lunch and 38 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Helix Mentorship STEAM Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). It operates as a public charter school. 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 67.
Helix Mentorship STEAM Academy 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 406 students, Helix Mentorship STEAM Academy 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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