University View Academy Inc. (frm La Connections), Baton Rouge LA

Original Research by School Decision on University View Academy Inc. (frm La Connections)

University View Academy is a statewide K-12 online charter school headquartered in Baton Rouge, serving students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. As a charter school, it operates outside the traditional district structure, and it draws students from across Louisiana rather than from a single attendance zone. The school has a large enrollment for a single campus, typical of a statewide virtual school, with a student body that is predominantly white, followed by a substantial share of Black students, and smaller numbers of students who are Hispanic, Asian, or identify with two or more races. More than half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of economic need that is common in online schools that serve a geographically broad and diverse population.

The school offers a full K-12 program, which means it handles everything from elementary literacy to high school graduation. State testing data from the most recent year covered grades three through eight across math, English language arts, science, and social studies. Results show that the share of students scoring proficient or above was low across all four subjects. In English language arts, roughly one-third of students met that bar, while in math the share was lower still. Science and social studies results also fell in the lower range. Compared to other districts within East Baton Rouge Parish, the school's overall proficiency index sits below the midpoint of the cohort. A single year of assessment data is available, so there is no trend line to indicate whether performance is improving or declining.

Because the school serves high school grades, a graduation rate would ordinarily be expected, but this metric was not present in the data. A parent would want to ask the school directly about its four-year graduation rate and how it tracks outcomes for students who start but do not finish.

Baton Rouge, where the school is headquartered, is Louisiana's capital city and a consolidated city-parish. The city is a mix of state government, Louisiana State University and Southern University, a substantial petrochemical and industrial sector along the Mississippi River, and a range of neighborhoods from historic districts near downtown to suburban-style development farther out. Housing values in the broader area are above the state median, and rents have been rising modestly. The city is largely car-dependent, with walkable pockets near downtown and the LSU campus. The school's physical address is a location in Baton Rouge, but as a virtual school, students attend from home across the state, making the typical housing market and neighborhood context less directly relevant for families considering this school.

The district brief turned up no recent parent-relevant changes such as policy shifts, curriculum revisions, referendums, or tax measures, so that area is left as an open question.

This school fits a family looking for a fully online K-12 experience for reasons that may include health concerns, a desire for schedule flexibility, homeschooling support, or a need to access coursework from a distance. It does not provide the brick-and-mortar environment of a traditional school, the on-site extracurriculars, or the face-to-face daily interaction with teachers and peers. The academic performance numbers raise a question a parent would want to explore with the school, especially around math and science instruction delivered remotely. The school's size and statewide reach mean it serves a very wide variety of students and family circumstances, which is a characteristic of the model rather than a weakness, but it also means the school's averages may not predict any given student's experience.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

71.0%Cohort of 354 students · Class of 2021

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

355 schools plotted. 10 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grades 3-814%

School 14% · district not reported

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

English language arts

Grades 3-833%

School 33% · district not reported

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Science

Grades 3-821%

School 21% · district not reported

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Social studies

Grades 3-825%

School 25% · district not reported

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

This schoolUniversity View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections), same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income28%Higher-income44%16 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income26%Higher-income41%15 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income22%Higher-income43%21 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income29%Higher-income45%16 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income32%Higher-income43%11 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income29%Higher-income43%14 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income6%Higher-income21%15 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income10%Higher-income21%11 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income6%Higher-income15%9 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income9%Higher-income31%22 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income8%Higher-income26%18 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income9%Higher-income25%16 pp gap