Other · Louisiana

IDEA Innovation

CharterFree meals for all

IDEA Innovation, a public other school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana: grades k–12, 797 students, 21.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of East Baton Rouge Parish.

Size and class size

Compared with schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 797
Teachers (FTE): 36.6
Students per teacher: 21.8
Grades: K–12; Other

More students per teacher than 96% of schools in Louisiana

Median 11.5 · 101 schools compared

More students per teacher than 85% of schools in the US

Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared

Larger than 86% of schools in Louisiana

Median 367 · 106 schools compared

Larger than 83% of schools in the US

Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Louisiana's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Louisiana: 43%

16%proficient

−5.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 85% of schools in Louisiana

Median 38% · 94 schools compared

382 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Louisiana: 33%

8.0%proficient

−3.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 82% of schools in Louisiana

Median 27% · 94 schools compared

380 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Other · Grades K–12
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Rural area near a city
Run by: East Baton Rouge Parish

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with East Baton Rouge Parish.

Location

Address: 7800 Innovation Park Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70820
Phone: (225)953-7963
City or town: Gardere
County: East Baton Rouge Parish

Quality of life in Gardere Schools in Gardere

Nearby schools

The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Louisiana School for the DeafSpecial education	Pre-K–12	78	2.9	11%	11%	3.6 mi
Louisiana School for the Visually ImpairedSpecial education	Pre-K–12	56	2.0	18%	1.0%	3.6 mi
University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections)CharterFully virtual	K–12	3,725	17.6	33%	14%	4.0 mi
LSU Laboratory School	K–12	1,463	11.0	92%	83%	4.2 mi
Louisiana Key Academy Baton RougeCharterFree meals for all	K–10	351	6.6	11%	3.0%	5.6 mi
EBR Virtual AcademyFully virtual	Pre-K–12	169	7.2	50%	17%	6.0 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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