The East Baton Rouge Parish School System, also known as East Baton Rouge Schools (EBR Schools) or the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, is a

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headquartered in

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. The district serves most of

East Baton Rouge Parish East Baton Rouge Parish (french: Paroisse de Bâton Rouge Est) is the most populous parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2010 U.S. census, its population was 440,171, and 456,781 at the 2020 census. The parish seat is Baton Rouge, ...

; it contains 54 elementary schools, 16 middle schools, and 18 high schools. Students in the three other incorporated cities in the parish are served by separate school systems. Residents in

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are serviced by the City of Baker School System;

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residents attend schools operated by the Zachary Community School Board; while

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residents attend schools in the Central Community School System.

Policies and programs

The district requires all students to wear

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s, except those attending

Baton Rouge Magnet High School Baton Rouge Magnet High School (BRMHS or Baton Rouge High) is a public magnet school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, founded in 1880. It is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System with a student body of approximately 1500 stude ...

and

Liberty Magnet High School Liberty Magnet High School (also known as LMHS, Liberty High) is a public magnet school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, founded in the 1950s but was closed in 2009. The school was subsequently reopened in 2011 as a magnet school. It is p ...

. The district also partners with

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, a charity that provides free prom dresses to public high school students who cannot otherwise afford them.

List of schools

Elementary schools

Zoned * Audubon Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Banks Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Belfair Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Bernard Terrace Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Broadmoor Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Brookstown Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Brownsfield Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') * Buchanan Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Capital Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Cedarcrest-Southmoor Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Claiborne Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Crestworth Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Delmont Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Dufrocq Elementary School (Baton Rouge * Glen Oaks Park Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') * Greenbrier Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') * Greenville Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Highland Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Howell Park Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Jefferson Terrace Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') * La Belle Aire Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Lanier Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') * LaSalle Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Magnolia Woods Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Melrose Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Merrydale Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') * North Highlands Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Northeast Elementary School (PK-6th) (''Unincorporated area'') * Park Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Park Forest Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Parkview Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Polk Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Progress Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Riveroaks Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') * Ryan Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Scotlandville Elementary School (Baton Rouge) (formally Harding Elementary) * Sharon Hills Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') * Shenandoah Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') * South Boulevard Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Twin Oaks Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * University Terrace Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Villa del Rey Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Wedgewood Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Westdale Heights Academic Magnet (Baton Rouge) * Westminster Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') * White Hills Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'', near the City of

) * Wildwood Elementary School (Baton Rouge) * Winbourne Elementary School (Baton Rouge) Alternative * Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts (BRCVPA) (Baton Rouge) * Children's Charter School (Baton Rouge) *

Forest Heights Academy of Excellence Forest Heights Academy of Excellence is an academic/visual & performing arts magnet school located on Sumrall Drive and is part of East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools. it is a National Blue Ribbon The National Blue Ribbon Schools Progra ...

Preschool

* Southdowns Preschool (Baton Rouge)

Middle schools

Zoned * Broadmoor Magnet Middle School (Baton Rouge) * Capitol Middle School (Baton Rouge) * Glasgow Middle School (Baton Rouge) * Glen Oaks Middle School (Baton Rouge) * Istrouma Middle Magnet School (Baton Rouge) * Park Forest Middle School (Baton Rouge) * Southeast Middle School (Baton Rouge) * Sherwood Middle Academic Magnet School (Baton Rouge) * Westdale Middle School (Baton Rouge) * Woodlawn Middle School (Baton Rouge) Alternative * McKinley Middle Academic Magnet School of Visual & Performing Arts] (Baton Rouge) * Mohican Education Center (Baton Rouge) * Sherwood Middle Academic Magnet (Baton Rouge) * Staring Education Center (Baton Rouge)

7-12 schools

* Northeast High School (Louisiana), Northeast High School (''Unincorporated area'')

High schools

Zoned *

Belaire High School Belaire High School (usually abbreviated as "Belaire" or BHS) is a Public school (government-funded), public school in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school is a part of the East Baton Rouge Parish Public S ...

(Baton Rouge) *

Broadmoor High School Broadmoor Senior High School (Broadmoor High School or BHS) is an accredited high school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. It is a part of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System. History Broadmoor High School was founded in 1960 and re ...

(Baton Rouge) * Capitol High School (Baton Rouge) *

Glen Oaks High School Glen Oaks High School (GOHS) is located in Merrydale, unincorporated East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States, near the city of Baton Rouge.Merrydale, ''

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'') *

Istrouma High School Istrouma High School is an accredited public school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. It was founded in 1917, and is located in East Baton Rouge Parish. Its name is a local Indian word meaning "red stick". Red stick is also the Eng ...

(Baton Rouge) * McKinley High School (Baton Rouge) *

Scotlandville Magnet High School Scotlandville Magnet High School (SMHS) is a public high school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. Scotlandville High is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools. The school serves the Scotlandville neig ...

(Baton Rouge) *

Tara High School Tara High School is one of several high schools in the East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools District in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is located in the Tara Neighborhood of Baton Rouge. Tara High School is located at 9002 Whitehall Avenue, Baton Ro ...

(Baton Rouge) * Woodlawn High School (''Unincorporated'') Magnet *

(Baton Rouge) *

(Baton Rouge) Alternative * Arlington Preparatory Academy (Baton Rouge) *Baton Rouge Readiness Superintendent's Academy (Baton Rouge) * Baton Rouge Preparatory Academy (Baton Rouge) *

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(Baton Rouge) *East Baton Rouge Virtual Academy * Northdale Academy (Baton Rouge)

Former schools

* The following, all located in

, left to join Zachary Community School Board in 2002. **

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** Northwestern Middle School ** Copper Mill Elementary School ** Northwestern Elementary School ** Zachary Elementary School * The following, all located in

, left to join Central Community School District on July 1, 2007. ** Bellingrath Hills Elementary School ** Tanglewood Elementary School ** Central Middle School ** Central High School

Former school board members

* Buckskin Bill Black, for local children's television host; board member from 1994 to 2010 * Alfred C. Williams, state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish since 2015; board member from 2003 to 2005

Teachers from the Philippines

Teachers from the

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with

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s who were employed at district schools have sued the district and two employment agencies over fees they were charged.

Controversy

In September 2022, East Baton Rouge schools excused 2,100 students from class to attend a

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billed as a

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and instead appeared to be a

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. The trip was criticized by parents, teachers, and students for the apparent

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, separating the students by gender, and lecturing the female students on topics that included forgiving rapists and encouraging

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toward

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students.

References

External links

East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools
{{Authority control School districts in Louisiana Education in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Baton Rouge, Louisiana School districts established in 1880 1880 establishments in Louisiana