Regular local school district · Rapides Parish
Rapides Parish, LA: schools, enrollment and spending
Rapides Parish runs 43 public schools with 21,340 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.6 students per teacher is about the same as the Louisiana figure of 13.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 43
- Students
- 21,340
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,574
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- LA: 13.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 619 Sixth Street, Alexandria, LA 71301
- Phone
- (318)487-0888
- County
- Rapides Parish
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2201290
- State district ID
- LA-040
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,773
- School counselors (FTE)
- 27.0About 790 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 100.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.6
Louisiana13.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (22,297), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $304.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $49.3 million
- State revenue
- $139.9 million
- Local revenue
- $115.0 million
- Total spending
- $294.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,197
- Salaries
- $149.2 million50.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $58.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.2%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 37.8%
Louisiana overall
- Federal: 14.9%
- State: 37.3%
- Local: 47.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,197
Louisiana$14,898
United States$16,826
Schools in Rapides Parish
By level: 7 high, 6 middle, 25 elementary, 5 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Acadian ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 270 | 12.3 |
| Alexandria Middle Magnet SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 469 | 14.2 |
| Alexandria Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,475 | 18.0 |
| Alma Redwine ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 225 | 11.2 |
| Arthur F. Smith Middle Magnet SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 362 | 11.7 |
| Ball Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 387 | 13.8 |
| Bolton AcademyCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 372 | 10.3 |
| Buckeye Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 419 | 14.0 |
| Buckeye High SchoolCEP school | High | 6 to 12 | 915 | 13.5 |
| Caroline Dormon Junior High SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 362 | 14.5 |
| Carter C. Raymond Junior High SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 124 | 7.3 |
| Cherokee Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 576 | 14.0 |
| D.F. Huddle ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 412 | 11.4 |
| Forest Hill Junior High SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 496 | 12.7 |
| Glenmora High SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 673 | 13.2 |
| Hayden R. Lawrence Upper Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 382 | 16.6 |
| Horseshoe Drive Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 243 | 10.1 |
| J.B. Nachman Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 546 | 15.6 |
| J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 924 | 15.1 |
| L.S. Rugg Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 356 | 13.7 |
| Lessie Moore Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 392 | 13.5 |
| Mabel Brasher MontessoriCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 508 | 16.4 |
| Martin Park Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 281 | 13.4 |
| Mary Goff Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 365 | 16.6 |
| Northwood High SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 598 | 12.2 |
| Oak Hill High SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 715 | 13.0 |
| Paradise Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 369 | 11.9 |
| Peabody Magnet High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,071 | 15.1 |
| Peabody Montessori Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 466 | 16.1 |
| Phoenix Magnet Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 314 | 14.3 |
| Pineville Elementary SchoolCEP school | Middle | 4 to 6 | 252 | 12.6 |
| Pineville High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,271 | 15.9 |
| Pineville Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 527 | 13.2 |
| Plainview High SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 313 | 11.2 |
| Poland Junior High SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 330 | 11.8 |
| Rapides High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 248 | 11.8 |
| Rapides Training AcademyCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 69 | 4.6 |
| Rosenthal Montessori Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 366 | 14.6 |
| Ruby-Wise Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 410 | 15.2 |
| Scott M. Brame Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 709 | 15.1 |
| Tioga Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 482 | 13.4 |
| Tioga High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 881 | 14.4 |
| Tioga Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 415 | 11.2 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.