📍 1500 North Airway Drive, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, 70815
IDEA Bridge is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish. The school has 1,250 pupils enrolled. It is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish school district. It serves grades K–10 in an urban setting. The school employs 53.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.5:1. It operates as a public charter school. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 4% are proficient in maths. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
IDEA Bridge enrolls 1,250 students across grades K–10. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 53.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% Black or African American, 18% Hispanic or Latino and 3.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 977 | 78% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 221 | 18% |
| White | 39 | 3.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,061 of the school's 1,250 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 1,001 qualify for free lunch and 60 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
IDEA Bridge 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 15, state house district 61.
IDEA Bridge 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 1,250 students, IDEA Bridge 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