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LaBelle Aire Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
601st
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 666 Louisiana Elementary Schools
Better than 10% of Louisiana elementary schools
Summary

LaBelle Aire Elementary School is a public elementary school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, serving 487 students in grades PK-5 and part of the East Baton Rouge Parish school district.

Despite being part of the district, LaBelle Aire Elementary consistently underperforms compared to the district and state averages in both Mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's Mathematics proficiency rate was 38%, compared to 51% for the district and 60% for the state. Similarly, the school's ELA proficiency rate was 49%, compared to 61% for the district and 70% for the state. Additionally, LaBelle Aire has a significantly higher chronic absenteeism rate of 33.4%, much higher than the state's target of 12.5%.

When comparing LaBelle Aire Elementary to other nearby schools in the East Baton Rouge Parish district, it consistently underperforms academically. For instance, Broadmoor Elementary, Wedgewood Elementary, and Cedarcrest-Southmoor Elementary all have significantly higher Mathematics and ELA proficiency rates across grade levels compared to LaBelle Aire. The nearby GEO Prep Academy of Greater Baton Rouge, a public charter school, also outperforms LaBelle Aire and the state averages in both subjects.

425
Students ?
11.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$18,552
Per pupil spending ?
73.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 12255 Tams Drive
       Baton Rouge, LA  70815

(225) 275-7480

District: East Baton Rouge Parish


Students who attend LaBelle Aire Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Park Forest Middle School
High:    Belaire High School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
52.9%
Hispanic:
44.9%
Asian:
1.6%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 21st percentile in 2015 → 10th in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Louisiana average (44% vs 65% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 11 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school44%
District avg56%
Louisiana avg65%
601st of 666
Louisiana public elementary schools ?
Bottom 10%▼ down 11 pts since 2015
From bottom 21% (2015) to bottom 10% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
40th of 45Elementary Schools in the East Baton Rouge Parish
81st of 118East Baton Rouge Parish among Louisiana districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202516.0601 of 6669.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.9631 of 6756.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.4647 of 73011.4%★☆☆☆☆
202213.7649 of 72710.7%★☆☆☆☆
202112.2654 of 72910.3%★☆☆☆☆
201916.8645 of 73111.8%★☆☆☆☆
201816.3624 of 72814.3%★☆☆☆☆
201719.2643 of 73913.0%★☆☆☆☆
201620.3636 of 74214.3%★☆☆☆☆
201526.1626 of 79221.0%★☆☆☆☆
201419.3675 of 77713.1%★☆☆☆☆
201326.5632 of 77218.1%★☆☆☆☆
201232.8559 of 76426.8%★☆☆☆☆
201122.2640 of 76616.4%★☆☆☆☆
201027.6576 of 73621.7%★☆☆☆☆
200924.0603 of 73818.3%★☆☆☆☆
200817.7649 of 74312.7%★☆☆☆☆
200717.4641 of 72511.6%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202535.0346 of 50130.9%★★☆☆☆
202423.6423 of 50916.9%★☆☆☆☆
202324.5473 of 57017.0%★☆☆☆☆
202234.6390 of 56230.6%★★☆☆☆
202127.8428 of 56424.1%★☆☆☆☆
201921.3490 of 55912.3%★☆☆☆☆
201832.8422 of 54722.9%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
201833.0196 of 28130.2%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202521.675 of 828.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202429.572 of 8616.3%★☆☆☆☆
202343.755 of 9743.3%★★☆☆☆
202225.880 of 9011.1%★☆☆☆☆
202131.960 of 7520.0%★☆☆☆☆
201939.661 of 9133.0%★★☆☆☆
201825.279 of 8911.2%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202512.0597 of 6335.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.9558 of 63512.1%★☆☆☆☆
202319.8605 of 70514.2%★☆☆☆☆
202211.2652 of 7017.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.5623 of 70511.6%★☆☆☆☆
201916.9619 of 6849.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202515.7193 of 2076.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.6185 of 1892.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202324.1197 of 23315.5%★☆☆☆☆
202212.7211 of 2204.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.3192 of 2025.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201922.4166 of 19012.6%★☆☆☆☆
201816.7160 of 1684.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202515.6606 of 6618.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.0642 of 6744.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.8636 of 72312.0%★☆☆☆☆
202214.7647 of 72410.6%★☆☆☆☆
202114.9637 of 71911.4%★☆☆☆☆
201919.7614 of 69711.9%★☆☆☆☆
201820.8608 of 68210.9%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202520.7546 of 64114.8%★☆☆☆☆
20249.4613 of 6515.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.8645 of 7139.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.4611 of 71214.2%★☆☆☆☆
202114.9618 of 70412.2%★☆☆☆☆
201919.1602 of 69613.5%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202342.5172 of 29641.9%★★☆☆☆
202211.0300 of 3072.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202146.1165 of 30646.1%★★☆☆☆
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)
Special Education (2023)42nd percentile+31 vs school
African American (2025)31st percentile+21 vs school
Disabled (2018)30th percentile+16 vs school
Male (2025)15th percentile+5 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)9th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)8th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)7th percentile-3 vs school
Female (2025)6th percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs Louisiana (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts49%-21 vs state
Mathematics38%-22 vs state

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LaBelle Aire Elementary School ranks in the bottom 9.8% of Louisiana elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 425 students attended LaBelle Aire Elementary School.

Students at LaBelle Aire Elementary School are 53% African American, 45% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

Students who attend LaBelle Aire Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Park Forest Middle School
High : Belaire High School


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