Baton Rouge is served by one of the area's largest school districts, the East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools district. There are 56 elementary schools, 16 middle schools, and 18 high schools in this district.
Baton Rouge also has 24 private schools, 2 state schools, and 10 colleges and universities. Among the colleges and universities, there is the Louisiana State University, which has over 33,000 students and 1,300 full-time faculty members, http://www.subr.edu/, which is one of the most well-known historically black colleges and universities, and the Baton Rouge Community College.
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