📍 5454 North Foster Drive, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, 70805
Inspire Charter Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish. The school has 566 pupils enrolled. It is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 8.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 70.6:1. It operates as a public charter school. 21% of students are proficient in reading. 11% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Inspire Charter Academy enrolls 566 students across grades K–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 8.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 70.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Black or African American, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino and 1.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 541 | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 2.3% |
| White | 6 | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
527 of the school's 566 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 501 qualify for free lunch and 26 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Inspire Charter 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 29.
Inspire Charter 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 566 students, Inspire Charter Academy 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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