Baton Rouge, Louisiana

===Primary and secondary schools===
[[File:Baton Rouge High.jpg|thumb|[[Baton Rouge Magnet High School|Baton Rouge High School]]]]
[[East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools]] operates primary and secondary schools serving the city. The city of Baton Rouge is also home to 27 [[charter schools]] with a total enrollment of an estimated 11,000 students as of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lussier|first=Charles|title=Five of six new Baton Rouge charter schools set to open in August delay a year, four more apply|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/coronavirus/article_f93d8ee8-a821-11ea-b9c7-37b989386cc4.html|access-date=2021-07-30|website=The Advocate|date=June 6, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> One of the latest includes the Mentorship Academy in [[downtown Baton Rouge]], which leverages its location downtown to establish internship opportunities with local businesses as well as provide a high-tech classroom environment to focus on a digital animation curriculum.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url = http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20100705/ARTICLES/100709940 |date=July 5, 2010 |access-date=July 19, 2016 |url-status=live |title=Old bank to come back as charter school site |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160718001932/http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20100705/ARTICLES/100709940 |archive-date=July 18, 2016 }}</ref>

The East Baton Rouge Parish School System is the second-largest public school system in the state and contains nine U.S. Blue Ribbon schools and a nationally renowned Magnet program. The school system serves more than 42,850 students and with the help of 6,250 teachers and faculty, the district has shown growth and increase in its District Performance Score. The East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools serve East Baton Rouge Parish and has 90 schools with 56 elementary schools, 16 middle schools, and 18 high schools.<ref>[http://www.ebrschools.org/explore.cfm/exploreebr/ East Baton Rouge Parish School Board] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629025840/http://www.ebrschools.org/explore.cfm/exploreebr/ |date=June 29, 2013 }}. Ebrschools.org (July 23, 2012). Retrieved on July 29, 2013.</ref>