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University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections)

Public, Charter, Virtual, Alternative Grades K-12
584th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 690 Louisiana Alternative Schools
Better than 15% of Louisiana alternative schools
Summary

University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections) in Baton Rouge, LA, is a large, state-wide virtual charter school serving 3,725 students in grades K-12, with about 60% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, indicating a moderate-to-high level of economic disadvantage.

This school stands out for its exceptionally low chronic absenteeism rate of just 4.7% for the 2024-2025 school year, which is dramatically lower than the state average of 22.5% and far below nearby alternative schools like Northdale Superintendent's Academy (70.9%) and IDEA Bridge (51.4%). This low rate is a hallmark of its successful virtual model, where attendance is measured differently and students learn from home. Additionally, the school has shown a strong upward trend in its graduation rate, rising from 68.6% in 2020-2021 to 81.7% in 2024-2025, though this remains slightly below the state average of 85.0%. In contrast, nearby alternative schools like Northdale Superintendent's Academy (11.4%) and IDEA Innovation (56.4%) have significantly lower and more volatile rates.

Academically, University View Academy performs competitively within the alternative school segment. For example, its English Language Arts proficiency rate of 62% is higher than Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge (41%) and Northdale Superintendent's Academy (23%). A notable bright spot is Biology, where the school's proficiency rate of 62% exceeded the state average of 59% in 2024-2025. However, the school faces a "virtual school paradox": its low absenteeism does not automatically translate into proficiency at the same rate as traditional in-person instruction. Compared to another large virtual school, Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy, which has an even lower absenteeism rate of 0.2%, University View Academy's 4.7% rate suggests different approaches to tracking engagement. Overall, within the University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections) district, this school is a relatively high-performing option for students who may have struggled in traditional settings.

3,725
Students ?
17.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,496
Per pupil spending ?
60.6%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 3113 Valley Creek Dr
       Baton Rouge, LA  70808

(225) 421-2900

District: University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections)

Racial breakdown:

White:
62.8%
African American:
25.0%
Two or more races:
5.2%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 53rd percentile in 2023 → 44th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Louisiana average (53% vs 62% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 9 percentile points since 2023
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school53%
Louisiana avg62%
Elementary school
584th of 690
Louisiana public elementary schools ?
Bottom 15%▼ down 27 pts since 2016
From bottom 43% (2016) to bottom 15% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
333rd of 452
Louisiana public middle schools ?
Bottom 26%▼ down 22 pts since 2016
From bottom 48% (2016) to bottom 26% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
183rd of 325
Louisiana public high schools ?
Bottom 44%▲ up 13 pts since 2016
From bottom 31% (2016) to bottom 44% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202621.1584 of 69015.4%★☆☆☆☆
202521.3559 of 66616.1%★☆☆☆☆
202429.8498 of 67526.2%★☆☆☆☆
202325.3562 of 73023.0%★☆☆☆☆
202231.0524 of 72727.9%★☆☆☆☆
202138.8452 of 72938.0%★★☆☆☆
201917.6639 of 73112.6%★☆☆☆☆
201823.5565 of 72822.4%★☆☆☆☆
201744.8449 of 73939.2%★★☆☆☆
201648.3425 of 74242.7%★★☆☆☆
201550.6425 of 79246.3%★★☆☆☆
201453.6392 of 77749.5%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202633.2399 of 54827.2%★☆☆☆☆
202524.7417 of 50116.8%★☆☆☆☆
202435.5337 of 50933.8%★★☆☆☆
202319.0505 of 57011.4%★☆☆☆☆
202221.5475 of 56215.5%★☆☆☆☆
202125.9443 of 56421.5%★☆☆☆☆
201914.3524 of 5596.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201823.7476 of 54713.0%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
201859.796 of 28165.8%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202621.9573 of 67915.6%★☆☆☆☆
202514.6579 of 6338.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202420.4542 of 63514.6%★☆☆☆☆
202322.1584 of 70517.2%★☆☆☆☆
202233.7501 of 70128.5%★☆☆☆☆
202139.7434 of 70538.4%★★☆☆☆
201914.7631 of 6847.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202634.2197 of 26625.9%★☆☆☆☆
202534.0146 of 20729.5%★★☆☆☆
202455.376 of 18959.8%★★★☆☆
202339.3154 of 23333.9%★★☆☆☆
202171.746 of 20277.2%★★★★☆
201926.3156 of 19017.9%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202617.3624 of 6858.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202517.9592 of 66110.4%★☆☆☆☆
202423.5552 of 67418.1%★☆☆☆☆
202319.3629 of 72313.0%★☆☆☆☆
202225.4574 of 72420.7%★☆☆☆☆
202129.0525 of 71927.0%★☆☆☆☆
201912.8654 of 6976.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.1618 of 6829.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202623.2569 of 68216.6%★☆☆☆☆
202526.9507 of 64120.9%★☆☆☆☆
202435.9451 of 65130.7%★★☆☆☆
202330.0518 of 71327.3%★☆☆☆☆
202229.4519 of 71227.1%★☆☆☆☆
202139.6432 of 70438.6%★★☆☆☆
201920.7590 of 69615.2%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202626.350 of 6523.1%★☆☆☆☆
202228.237 of 4822.9%★☆☆☆☆
202154.921 of 4553.3%★★★☆☆
201917.243 of 466.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202644.7201 of 36144.3%★★☆☆☆
202548.1137 of 24143.2%★★☆☆☆
202444.4114 of 20845.2%★★☆☆☆
202336.6190 of 29635.8%★★☆☆☆
202244.0174 of 30743.3%★★☆☆☆
202136.9198 of 30635.3%★★☆☆☆
201936.4221 of 33333.6%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
20264.6493 of 4960.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.9423 of 4311.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.5419 of 4343.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.1481 of 5187.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202221.6457 of 51711.6%★☆☆☆☆
202132.6396 of 52224.1%★☆☆☆☆
20198.7501 of 5173.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.5496 of 5163.9%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202629.7333 of 45226.3%★☆☆☆☆
202533.7304 of 44732.0%★★☆☆☆
202444.1263 of 44941.4%★★☆☆☆
202339.1287 of 46538.3%★★☆☆☆
202246.8250 of 46045.7%★★☆☆☆
202156.0201 of 45956.2%★★★☆☆
201933.6314 of 44930.1%★★☆☆☆
201843.7228 of 41144.5%★★☆☆☆
201752.9230 of 43747.4%★★☆☆☆
201652.4225 of 43548.3%★★☆☆☆
201564.0171 of 48264.5%★★★☆☆
201459.5188 of 47060.0%★★★☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202632.3241 of 34429.9%★★☆☆☆
202531.3252 of 34426.7%★☆☆☆☆
202429.2256 of 33323.1%★☆☆☆☆
202325.2276 of 36023.3%★☆☆☆☆
202239.9210 of 36041.7%★★☆☆☆
202144.4184 of 35247.7%★★☆☆☆
201931.9233 of 33831.1%★★☆☆☆
201844.2189 of 31339.6%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
201858.053 of 17068.8%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202623.6347 of 43420.0%★☆☆☆☆
202530.8301 of 41527.5%★☆☆☆☆
202439.9266 of 41535.9%★★☆☆☆
202341.1271 of 44439.0%★★☆☆☆
202251.0219 of 44150.3%★★★☆☆
202157.1190 of 44156.9%★★★☆☆
201934.4302 of 41827.8%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202633.2130 of 17827.0%★☆☆☆☆
202554.760 of 15561.3%★★★☆☆
202459.157 of 15262.5%★★★☆☆
202345.393 of 16342.9%★★☆☆☆
202258.563 of 16361.3%★★★☆☆
202171.735 of 15377.1%★★★★☆
201945.578 of 12839.1%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202624.1362 of 45019.6%★☆☆☆☆
202527.4333 of 43723.8%★☆☆☆☆
202436.8286 of 44435.6%★★☆☆☆
202330.1328 of 45928.5%★☆☆☆☆
202235.5295 of 45835.6%★★☆☆☆
202144.5248 of 45545.5%★★☆☆☆
201923.6348 of 43019.1%★☆☆☆☆
201843.3249 of 40338.2%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202637.7283 of 43534.9%★★☆☆☆
202537.2268 of 41435.3%★★☆☆☆
202447.5230 of 42646.0%★★☆☆☆
202338.1275 of 44337.9%★★☆☆☆
202241.6258 of 44241.6%★★☆☆☆
202152.8207 of 44253.2%★★★☆☆
201931.5308 of 41826.3%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202625.762 of 7517.3%★☆☆☆☆
202542.527 of 4134.1%★★☆☆☆
202418.435 of 3910.3%★☆☆☆☆
202322.057 of 639.5%★☆☆☆☆
202243.233 of 5843.1%★★☆☆☆
202162.021 of 5763.2%★★★☆☆
201942.927 of 4944.9%★★☆☆☆
201830.127 of 3318.2%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202658.876 of 22566.2%★★★☆☆
202550.973 of 16856.5%★★★☆☆
202447.884 of 17552.0%★★★☆☆
202336.8127 of 20638.3%★★☆☆☆
202244.3112 of 20645.6%★★☆☆☆
202161.458 of 21072.4%★★★★☆
201956.665 of 20267.8%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202611.8316 of 3386.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202515.6285 of 3169.8%★☆☆☆☆
202433.6236 of 32026.3%★☆☆☆☆
202329.3275 of 35221.9%★☆☆☆☆
202235.8253 of 36230.1%★★☆☆☆
202145.2207 of 35842.2%★★☆☆☆
201918.6311 of 35011.1%★☆☆☆☆
201836.5239 of 33829.3%★☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202645.1183 of 32543.7%★★☆☆☆
202553.2160 of 32951.4%★★★☆☆
202457.4143 of 33357.1%★★★☆☆
202355.9152 of 32152.6%★★★☆☆
202263.1121 of 32662.9%★★★☆☆
202158.6130 of 32259.6%★★★☆☆
201952.5152 of 31351.4%★★★☆☆
201845.5180 of 30240.4%★★☆☆☆
201745.6206 of 29730.6%★★☆☆☆
201646.0205 of 29731.0%★★☆☆☆
201546.0213 of 31231.7%★★☆☆☆
201447.4206 of 30933.3%★★☆☆☆
201354.9166 of 31246.8%★★☆☆☆
201270.584 of 31072.9%★★★★☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202644.7138 of 26046.9%★★☆☆☆
202554.8100 of 25660.9%★★★☆☆
202458.090 of 26065.4%★★★☆☆
202358.684 of 25266.7%★★★☆☆
202260.279 of 25669.1%★★★☆☆
202148.6114 of 24353.1%★★★☆☆
201946.0121 of 23348.1%★★☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202617.920 of 229.1%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202638.8195 of 31337.7%★★☆☆☆
202548.0173 of 30843.8%★★☆☆☆
202451.1163 of 30847.1%★★☆☆☆
202349.2171 of 30844.5%★★☆☆☆
202259.8130 of 31158.2%★★★☆☆
202161.1123 of 28857.3%★★★☆☆
201947.2173 of 29240.8%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202642.971 of 12543.2%★★☆☆☆
202552.757 of 12052.5%★★★☆☆
202477.220 of 11382.3%★★★★☆
202361.334 of 10768.2%★★★☆☆
202260.537 of 10364.1%★★★☆☆
202169.423 of 9275.0%★★★★☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
201950.09 of 1747.1%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202641.3195 of 32139.3%★★☆☆☆
202548.9164 of 32349.2%★★☆☆☆
202456.7128 of 32861.0%★★★☆☆
202345.7178 of 32144.5%★★☆☆☆
202261.2106 of 32267.1%★★★☆☆
202148.2149 of 28547.7%★★☆☆☆
201949.9156 of 30148.2%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202650.8147 of 31152.7%★★★☆☆
202559.8114 of 31363.6%★★★☆☆
202463.4111 of 31564.8%★★★☆☆
202360.1123 of 30659.8%★★★☆☆
202263.2108 of 30164.1%★★★☆☆
202156.8128 of 29256.2%★★★☆☆
201955.8134 of 29154.0%★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202619.657 of 6714.9%★☆☆☆☆
202545.339 of 6640.9%★★☆☆☆
202434.548 of 6323.8%★☆☆☆☆
202337.637 of 5026.0%★☆☆☆☆
202259.016 of 4766.0%★★★☆☆
202139.327 of 3930.8%★★☆☆☆
201938.622 of 3026.7%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202639.094 of 16844.0%★★☆☆☆
202564.344 of 17074.1%★★★★☆
202477.520 of 16587.9%★★★★☆
202372.028 of 13879.7%★★★★☆
202270.229 of 13979.1%★★★★☆
202183.713 of 13590.4%★★★★★
201970.927 of 12277.9%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202627.2192 of 24421.3%★☆☆☆☆
202535.3180 of 24526.5%★☆☆☆☆
202436.9172 of 24830.6%★★☆☆☆
202333.2187 of 24924.9%★☆☆☆☆
202246.2145 of 25042.0%★★☆☆☆
202146.2137 of 24544.1%★★☆☆☆
201934.1187 of 24924.9%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Disabled (2018)66th percentile+43 vs school
Special Education (2026)44th percentile+29 vs school
African American (2026)27th percentile+12 vs school
Hispanic (2026)26th percentile+11 vs school
Multi-racial (2026)23rd percentile+8 vs school
Male (2026)17th percentile~ school
Female (2026)16th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)9th percentile-6 vs school
White (2026)1st percentile-15 vs school
Middle school
Disabled (2018)69th percentile+24 vs school
Special Education (2026)66th percentile+40 vs school
Male (2026)35th percentile+9 vs school
African American (2026)30th percentile+4 vs school
Hispanic (2026)27th percentile~ school
Female (2026)20th percentile-6 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)20th percentile-7 vs school
Multi-racial (2026)17th percentile-9 vs school
White (2026)7th percentile-20 vs school
High school
Male (2026)53rd percentile+9 vs school
Homeless (2019)47th percentile-4 vs school
African American (2026)47th percentile+3 vs school
Special Education (2026)44th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)43rd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)39th percentile-4 vs school
Female (2026)38th percentile-6 vs school
White (2026)21st percentile-22 vs school
Multi-racial (2026)15th percentile-29 vs school
Asian (2026)9th percentile-35 vs school
By subject vs Louisiana (2025-2026) ?
English II67%~ state avg
Biology63%+3 vs state
English Language Arts62%-8 vs state
English I60%-6 vs state
Algebra I49%-16 vs state
U.S. History49%-6 vs state
Geometry48%-9 vs state
Social Studies42%-13 vs state
Mathematics38%-24 vs state

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Students at University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections) are 63% White, 25% African American, 5% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic, 1% Asian.

In the 2024-25 school year, 3,725 students attended University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections).

University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections) ranks in the bottom 15.4% of Louisiana alternative schools.


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