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The school system serves more than 42,850 students and with the help of 6,250 teachers and faculty, the district has shown growth and increase in its District Performance Score. The East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools serve East Baton Rouge Parish and has 90 schools with 56 elementary schools, 16 middle schools, and 18 high schools. [148]
East Baton Rouge Parish (French: Paroisse de Bâton-Rouge Est; Spanish: Parroquia del Este de Bastón Rojo) is the most populous parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Its population was 456,781 at the 2020 census. [1] The parish seat is Baton Rouge, Louisiana's state capital. [2] East Baton Rouge Parish is located within the Greater Baton ...
West Baton Rouge Parish: 121: Port Allen: 1807: One of the original 19 parishes. Was named Baton Rouge Parish until 1812. French phrase bâton rouge meaning red stick. A red stick was used by local Native Americans to mark the boundaries between tribal territories 28,266: 203 sq mi (526 km 2) West Carroll Parish: 123: Oak Grove: 1877: when ...
Ascension Parish (French: Paroisse de l'Ascension; Spanish: Parroquia de la Ascensión) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 126,500. [1] Its parish seat is Donaldsonville. [2] The parish was created in 1807. [3] Ascension Parish is part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area.
Pointe Coupee Parish (/ ˈ p ɔɪ n t k ə ˈ p iː / or / ˈ p w ɑː n t k uː ˈ p eɪ /; French: Paroisse de la Pointe-Coupée) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,758. [2] The parish seat is New Roads. [3] Pointe Coupee Parish is part of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Metropolitan ...
The Baton Rouge metropolitan area was first defined in 1950. Then known as the Baton Rouge standard metropolitan area (or Baton Rouge SMA), it consisted of a single parish–East Baton Rouge–and had a population of 158,236.
West Baton Rouge Parish was formed in 1807; it was named Baton Rouge Parish until 1812. The Baton Rouge, Gross-Tete and Opelousas Railroad was chartered in 1853. [ 8 ] The company had an eastern terminus on the west bank of the Mississippi River across from Baton Rouge in what later became the City of Port Allen.
In the late 1940s, Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish became a consolidated city/parish with a mayor/president leading the government. It was one of the first cities in the nation to consolidate with county government. The parish surrounds three other incorporated cities: Baker, Zachary, and Central.