City: Baton Rouge
State: Louisiana
Best Cities Overall Rank: 69
About Baton Rouge:
Baton Rouge has a variety of food, including Cajun, Creole, French and Mexican, so your palate will never get bored.
Baton Rouge has eight Blue Ribbon schools and 5 NAEYC-accredited preschools, and an average pupil to teacher ratio of 14.8:1, putting this city at 40 for our overall education ranks.
County: East Baton Rouge
Population: 223,689
Official website for city visitors' bureau/city: Visitors' bureau website
Newspaper with the largest circulation: The Advocate
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Education rank: 71
High School graduation rate 2008: 57.5%
Blue Ribbon Schools, 2003-2009: 8
Blue Ribbon Schools per 100,000 people: 3.58
NEAYC-accredited preschools: 5
NAEYC schools per 100,000 people: 2.23
NAEP State proficiency reading, grade 8: 253
Pupil/Teacher Ratio: 14.8
Total Expenditures Per Student: $9,713
Health rank: 49
Quality children's hospitals: 1
Hospitals per 100,000 people: 0.45
Quality Pediatricians: 0
Quality Pediatricians per 100,000: 0
Average number of Unhealthy Air Quality days between 2006-2008, by county: 1.67
Safety rank: 86
Violent Crimes, 2008: 2,690
Violent Crime Rate per 100,000: 1,202.56
Sex Offenders: 643
Sex Offenders per 100,000: 287.45
Economy rank: 22
Travel time to work, 2006-2008, in minutes: 21
Percent of labor force unemployed, January 2010: 7.90
Best Performing Cities Job Index: 506.96
Median Home ListPrice: $169,000
Recreation Rank: 16
Parkland acreage, 2008 (includes pools and playgrounds): 5600
Parkland per 100,000: 2503.47
