The top reported proficiency rate is 22% in English language arts. The lowest is 8% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Recovery School District-lde
Recovery School District-LDE is not a traditional school district that families choose by moving into a geographic boundary. It is a state-operated district that takes over and manages public schools in Louisiana that have been rated as persistently low-performing. The district serves grades PK through 8 only, with no high school grades and therefore no graduation rate to report. Its schools are run by charter management organizations under contract with the state. As of 2024, the Recovery system includes five schools, all of them charters. One of its schools listed is Linwood Public Charter School; publicly reported news indicates that Prescott Academy, a K-8 school managed by Third Future Schools, opened under RSD jurisdiction in 2023, marking the first new school added to the network in years.
The district's student population is about one thousand in total across its schools. The student body is overwhelmingly Black, with a small share of Hispanic students and a very small number of White students. Enrollment data for free-or-reduced-price lunch status, special education, and English learner status were not available in the data provided, so a parent may want to ask a specific school for that information to understand the level of support services and economic need among the student body.
Academic performance on Louisiana's LEAP 2025 assessments places the district in the bottom quartile for overall proficiency among all districts in East Baton Rouge Parish. In math, about one in eight students met proficiency standards. In English language arts, about one in five students were proficient. In science and social studies, fewer than one in ten students reached the proficient level. These are among the lowest results in the parish. The participation rate on the tests was high, so the scores reflect nearly all enrolled students. This pattern is consistent with the district's fundamental purpose: it is designed to serve schools that have been unable to achieve strong outcomes under local governance and are placed under state supervision for turnaround.
Chronic absenteeism stands below the midpoint among parish districts, with a rate that places it in the middle tier rather than the worst. Per-pupil current spending falls in the middle range, upper half of parish districts, suggesting the district does receive a substantial level of resources relative to its peers.
A publicly reported 2024 development worth noting: Louisiana's state education superintendent signaled that more failing schools could be transferred into the Recovery School District, potentially expanding its footprint. This is relevant for families in communities where a local school may be designated for takeover, as it would shift the school's governance and enrollment options. In addition, the launch of Prescott Academy in 2023 gave Baton Rouge families a new RSD-authorized charter option in the K-8 range.
For a parent considering a school within the Recovery School District, the most important takeaway is what this district is. It is not a traditional neighborhood district with a single board and a tax base; it is a state intervention mechanism. The schools inside it are charters with their own leaders and approaches, so performance and culture will vary by school. The district-level numbers here represent an aggregate of those schools and show a high-need student population with academic results that are markedly below parish averages. Any parent looking at a particular RSD school should examine that school's own academic and climate data directly, because the district profile is a baseline for a system designed for turnaround, not a reflection of a typical community school.
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