📍 516 W Pinhook Rd, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, 70503
Lerosen Preparatory Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish. The school has 590 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lafayette Parish school district. It serves grades K–12. The school employs 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.3:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 10%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lerosen Preparatory Academy enrolls 590 students across grades K–12. The student body is 64% male and 36% female. A teaching staff of 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% Black or African American, 18% White and 6.8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 425 | 72% |
| White | 106 | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 40 | 6.8% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 3.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
470 of the school's 590 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 451 qualify for free lunch and 19 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
The school's NCES locale classification is 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-3, state senate district 24, state house district 44.
Lerosen Preparatory Academy is one of 45 schools in Lafayette Parish, based in Lafayette, Louisiana. The district serves 29,396 students district-wide and employs 1,764 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 590 students, Lerosen Preparatory Academy is close to the district average of about 653 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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