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pulling. >> reporter: outside baton rouge, baker, louisiana, home is roughly two roughly 12,000 people. money is tight. the population and tax base are shrinking, the infrastructure is crumbling. all five school buildings were built in the 1950s. >> typically, when you have declining enrollment, it's tough to do anything. >> reporter: superintendent j.t. stroder met us at one of baker's two shuttered schools. speak our school infrastructure is reflective of community and for structure, as well. >> oh yes i think they are. you can drive around the community, and you will see all those kind of match the way student feels about their surroundings and the atmosphere, it reflects on how they perform academically. >> reporter: america's infrastructure grades are income and the grades are bad. overall, america's infrastructure for roads and bridges to drinking water get a grade of c-, and the needed investment to bring america's schools up to par, $870 billion.