Baton Rouge Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-sma ...

offers a wide range of educational and cultural opportunities including being the home to three major universities and colleges and a variety of public and private schools.

Public schools

The

East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools 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 public school district headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The district serves ...

operates public schools in the city limits. The Baton Rouge Area contains 12 public school districts-Ascension, Baker, Central Community, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana, and Zachary. School districts in the region provide opportunities for advanced learning through Gifted and Academic Magnet programs and tailored programs in music, visual arts, and dramatic arts. Additionally, the Capital Region is home to four of the top ten performing districts in the state.

, the city's

school district A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations. North America United States In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, wh ...

, is one of the area's largest school districts. It contains approximately 90 individual schools: 56 elementary schools, 16 middle schools, and 18 high schools.

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

operates the

Louisiana State University Laboratory School Louisiana State University Laboratory School (U-High) is a laboratory school under Louisiana State University and is one of two laboratory schools in Baton Rouge. The other is Southern University Laboratory School (commonly known as "Southern Lab ...

, a K-12 school. Also,

Southern University Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in Louisiana, a ...

operates the Southern University Laboratory School, a K-12 school.

Disability schools

The state of Louisiana directly operates two special schools for children with disabilities: *

Louisiana School for the Deaf The Louisiana School for the Deaf is a state school for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in Louisiana, located in Baton Rouge, the state capital. It was established in 1852 as a joint school for blind students. In 1860, its first purpose-built ...

Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired (LSVI) is a PK12 state-operated school located at 2888 Brightside Lane in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The school has both blind and other visually impaired students, and shares its campus with ...

High schools

Other notable High schools in the parish include: *

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Capitol High School * Central High School *

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.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 ...

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 ...

* Madison Preparatory Academy * McKinley Senior High School *

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 ...

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

* Woodlawn High School *

Zachary High School Zachary High School is a public high school located in Zachary, Louisiana, United States. It is a part of the Zachary Community School Board. History Zachary High School was established in 1912. It was segregated. The Rosenwald Fund helped esta ...

Private schools

* Baton Rouge Christian Classical School * Baton Rouge International School *

Catholic High School Catholic schools are pre-primary, primary and secondary educational institutions administered under the aegis or in association with the Catholic Church. , the Catholic Church operates the world's largest religious, non-governmental school syste ...

* Christian Life Academy * Christ Presbyterian School * Cypress Heights Academy *

The Dunham School The Dunham School is an independent, inter-denominational, Christian, college-preparatory, coeducational day school in unincorporated East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Located in the Oak Hills Place census-designated place, and founded in 1981, ...

* Episcopal High School * Greater Baton Rouge Hope Academy * Most Blessed Sacrament School * Our Lady of Mercy School *

Parkview Baptist School Parkview Baptist School (PBS) is a private K-12 Christian school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. Overview With 1,260 students, Parkview Baptist School is the largest private school in Louisiana. The school began with students ...

Redemptorist High School Redemptorist Upper School was a parochial Roman Catholic high school in North Baton Rouge, Louisiana, supervised by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge. History St. Gerard Majella Church Parish was established in 1944. St. Gerard High Schoo ...

(closed in 2015) *Runnels School * Sacred Heart of Jesus School * St. Aloysius School * St. George School *

St. Jean Vianney School St. Jean Vianney Catholic School is the newest Roman Catholic Elementary/Middle Parochial School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It runs from kindergarten to eighth grade and is a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge. History The sc ...

* St. Joseph's Academy * St. Jude the Apostle School * St. Louis King of France School * St. Luke's Episcopal Day School * St. Michael the Archangel High School (formerly Bishop Sullivan High school) * St. Thomas More School * Southern University Laboratory School * Trinity Episcopal Day School * University Laboratory School (LSU)

Colleges and universities

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisian ...

, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, coeducational university that is the main campus of the

Louisiana State University System The Louisiana State University System is a system of public colleges and universities in Louisiana. It is budgetarily the largest public university system in the state. William F. Tate IV is president of the LSU system, and also serves as chan ...

. LSU includes nine senior colleges and three schools, in addition to specialized centers, divisions, institutes, and offices. Enrollment stands at more than 30,000 students, and there are 1,300 full-time faculty members. LSU is also one of twenty-one American universities designated as a

land-grant A land grant is a gift of real estate—land or its use privileges—made by a government or other authority as an incentive, means of enabling works, or as a reward for services to an individual, especially in return for military service. Grants ...

sea-grant The National Sea Grant College Program is a program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the U.S. Department of Commerce. It is a national network of 34 university-based Sea Grant programs involved in scientific res ...

and

space-grant The space-grant colleges are educational institutions in the United States that comprise a network of fifty-two consortia formed for the purpose of outer space-related research. Each consortium is based in one of the fifty states, the District o ...

research center. LSU is the oldest public university and most comprehensive university in Louisiana.

Southern University and A&M College Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in Louisiana, a m ...

, generally known as Southern University, is a historically black college, founded in 1879 by P. B. S. Pinchback, T. T. Allain, and

Henry Demas Henry Demas (1848–1900) was an enslaved African American who became a constable, state legislator, civil rights activist, and organizer of Southern University in Louisiana during the Reconstruction era. Early life Demas was born into slavery o ...

. Southern became a

school in 1890, and an Agricultural and Mechanical department was established. The University offers programs of study ranging from an associate degree to doctoral and professional degrees. Southern University is the second oldest public university in Louisiana.

Baton Rouge Community College Baton Rouge Community College is a public community college in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Established on June 28, 1995, the college settled into a permanent location in 1998. The campus consists of six main buildings: Governors Building, Louisia ...

is an open admission, two-year post-secondary public

community college A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries: many community colleges have an "open enrollment" for students who have graduated from high school (also known as senior sec ...

, established on June 28, 1995 and settled into a permanent location in 1998. The campus consists of five main buildings: Governors Building, Louisiana Building, Cypress Building, Bienvenue Building (student center), and the Magnolia Library Building. The college's current enrollment is more than 6,000 students. The curricular offerings include courses and programs leading to transfer credits, certificates and associate degrees. Other colleges and universities in the Great Baton Rouge Area: * Baton Rouge General Medical Center School of Nursing * Baton Rouge General Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology * ITI Technical College * Louisiana Culinary Institute *

Louisiana Technical College Louisiana Technical College (LTC) was an institute for professional technical education in the state of Louisiana, with campuses across the state. Louisiana Technical College had no affiliation to Louisiana Tech University. History Originally kno ...

(Baton Rouge campus) * Our Lady of the Lake College *

University of Phoenix University of Phoenix (UoPX) is a private for-profit university headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 1976, the university confers certificates and degrees at the certificate, associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree lev ...

(Baton Rouge campus) *

Remington College Remington College is a common name used by all 16 campuses of a group of private colleges throughout the United States. Remington College operates 16 campuses in several US states. Some of the affiliated institutions have been in operation since th ...

* World Evangelism Bible College and Seminary

Libraries

The

State Library of Louisiana The State Library of Louisiana is Louisiana's state library agency, located in Baton Rouge. History The first state library The current state library was not the first. The Louisiana State Library was created in 1838. It was originally located ...

is in Baton Rouge.Hours and Location
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. Retrieved on August 20, 2010.

References

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