📍 7800 Innovation Park Drive, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, 70820
IDEA Innovation is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish. The school has 997 pupils enrolled. It is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish school district. It serves grades K–10 in a rural setting. The school employs 55.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1. It operates as a public charter school. 14% of students are proficient in reading. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
IDEA Innovation enrolls 997 students across grades K–10. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 55.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 40% Hispanic or Latino and 3.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 537 | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 397 | 40% |
| White | 35 | 3.5% |
| Asian | 17 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 9 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
605 of the school's 997 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 571 qualify for free lunch and 34 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 Innovation is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 70.
IDEA Innovation 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 997 students, IDEA Innovation is larger than the district average of about 474 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe