The top reported proficiency rate is 21% in English language arts. The lowest is 7% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Prescott K-8 Academy
Prescott K-8 Academy is a charter school in Baton Rouge serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. It operates as a single-school district, meaning the school and the district are the same entity. The student body is almost entirely Black, and a substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school is located in the 70805 ZIP code, an area where home values are well below both the Louisiana and national medians and have declined over the past year. Rents in the area are also below the national average and have slipped slightly.
The school’s academic picture comes from Louisiana’s LEAP 2025 assessments for grades three through eight. Across math, English language arts, science, and social studies, the share of students scoring at the proficient or advanced level is low. In English language arts, about a fifth of students met that bar. In math, science, and social studies, the rate was below a tenth. Compared with other districts in East Baton Rouge Parish, the school’s overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile. This is a single year of data, so there is no trend to examine yet; a parent may want to ask the school about what academic supports are in place and how the school is working to raise achievement.
Because the school ends at eighth grade, there is no high school graduation rate to report. The school does not yet have publicly reported discipline, staffing, or chronic absenteeism data, so a fuller picture of the school environment is not available from the sources used here. Charter status means the school operates under a performance agreement with its authorizer, and a parent may want to ask about the school’s renewal timeline and recent oversight findings.
Baton Rouge itself is a large and varied place. It is the state capital, home to Louisiana State University and Southern University, and a center for petrochemical industry, government, and healthcare. The city is car-dependent overall, though downtown and areas near LSU have more walkable pockets. The 70805 ZIP code area is on the northern side of the city, a part of Baton Rouge that has experienced population shifts and economic change over the past two decades. A family considering Prescott would likely be looking for a small, neighborhood-based K-8 charter option within Baton Rouge, one where the student peer group is highly homogeneous and the economic need is high. The school offers a full pre-kindergarten through middle school span, so siblings could stay at one campus for many years.
The district brief showed no notable recent changes at the district level, which is consistent with a single-school district that likely does not have a large administrative apparatus. A parent may want to contact the school directly for information about curriculum, enrichment programs, and any community partnerships that support students outside of testing data. The core takeaway is a school with a committed charter mission serving a high-need population, where the state test results indicate that the majority of students are not yet reaching proficiency and where a parent would want to understand the school’s academic strategy in depth.
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