J. K. Haynes Charter Inc., Baton Rouge LA

Original Research by School Decision on J. K. Haynes Charter Inc.

J. K. Haynes Charter Inc. is a closed school. The Louisiana state directory lists it as a regular public charter school that served middle school grades. It was located in Baton Rouge, in the East Baton Rouge Parish district. Because the school is no longer operating, any account of it is necessarily a historical one based on the most recent data available before it closed.

In the school year that data is available from, J. K. Haynes Charter tested students in grades three through six on the Louisiana LEAP 2025 assessments. The results show a very challenging academic landscape. In math, proficiency rates for the tested grades were extremely low; at some grade levels no students scored at the proficient level, and at others the share was in the single digits. English language arts results were somewhat higher but still well below typical state averages, with one grade level reaching a modest proficiency share and others in the low teens or below. Science and social studies results followed a similar pattern, with most grade levels showing proficiency rates in the very low single digits or at zero. A parent considering the school during its active years would have been looking at a setting where the vast majority of students were not meeting grade-level benchmarks on state assessments.

The school’s enrollment and demographic data were not available from state records, so there is no information on the size of the student body, its racial and ethnic composition, or the share of students from low-income households, students with disabilities, or English learners. This gap means it is not possible to characterize the peer environment or the level of need the school was designed to serve. Because J. K. Haynes Charter served only middle school grades, there is no high school graduation rate to report.

The housing context of the school’s zip code in north Baton Rouge is one of affordability relative to the state and nation, with home values well below both benchmarks and rents below the national average. The neighborhood is part of a large, car-dependent capital city whose economy is anchored by state government, Louisiana State University, petrochemical industry along the Mississippi River, and healthcare systems. The broader East Baton Rouge Parish district, which the school belonged to, did not have publicly reported recent policy changes or referendums that could be verified, so the district-level context is limited.

No information on programs, course access, discipline, or staffing was available for this school. The available record is thin. For anyone looking into the history of this school, the central fact is that it was a charter school in Baton Rouge that served middle grades and posted very low state test results across every subject and grade level tested, before closing.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 35%

School 5% · district not reported

▼ 20 pts below state median

Grade 48%

School 8% · district not reported

▼ 20 pts below state median

Grade 60%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 20 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 316%

School 16% · district not reported

▼ 14 pts below state median

Grade 428%

School 28% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 514%

School 14% · district not reported

▼ 15 pts below state median

Grade 60%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 26 pts below state median

Science

Grade 48%

School 8% · district not reported

▼ 12 pts below state median

Grade 60%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 21 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 30%

School 0% · district not reported

▼ 14 pts below state median

Grade 48%

School 8% · district not reported

▼ 12 pts below state median

Grade 56%

School 6% · district not reported

▼ 17 pts below state median

This schoolEast Baton Rouge Parish, 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 7Lower-income13%Higher-income0%12 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income12%Higher-income0%12 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income7%Higher-income0%7 pp gap