About Special School District
Special School District is a public school system serving East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, based in Baton Rouge. It serves 283 students across 7 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a city: mid-size district. By enrollment it is the #164 largest of Louisiana’s 189 school systems.
Size and structure
Special School District enrolls 283 students in 7 schools — an average of about 40 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #164 of 189 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Special School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (283 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Special School District employs about 83 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 3.4:1 — below the Louisiana average of about 13.7:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 213.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Louisiana funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Special School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Louisiana rates every school and district with a School/District Performance Score (0–150) translated into an A–F letter grade, from assessment results, academic growth, graduation rate and college-and-career readiness. Look up Special School District on the Louisiana School Finder.
Accreditation status
Most Louisiana districts are accredited through Cognia (formerly AdvancED/SACS CASI), which reviews school systems on a six-year cycle; accreditation is not a statewide mandate. Look up Special School District in the free Cognia registry.
Special School District vs. Louisiana
See every Louisiana district side by side in the Louisiana directory.
Look up Special School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):