NCES CCD 2024-25 25 schools LA

Best-Resourced Schools in Alexandria, LA

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25 public K-12 schools in Alexandria from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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25
Schools
9,824
Students
44.7/100
Avg Resource Index
16.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Alexandria has more public-school enrollment than 80% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Alexandria sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

19 of Alexandria's 25 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 56-point gap between Mckeithen Head Start and D.F. Huddle Elementary shows the range hidden by Alexandria's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 20%
School count
Top 11%
Resource Index average
69th percentile
Teacher staffing
42nd percentile

Alexandria Senior High School accounts for 15.0% of all Alexandria public-school enrollment

That concentration means Alexandria-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Alexandria school enrollment varies 123× across entities

Alexandria school enrollment ranges from 12 students (lowest) to 1,475 students (highest), a spread of 1,463 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Alexandria reports 77.3% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Alexandria student-teacher ratio is 16.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Alexandria is typically wider than the Alexandria-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Mckeithen Head Start 76
2. Phoenix Magnet Elementary School 66
3. Rosenthal Montessori Elementary School 64
4. Peabody Montessori Elementary School 62
5. Jackson Head Start 61
6. Lee Head Start 60
7. Mabel Brasher Montessori 58
8. Poland Junior High School 57
9. J.B. Nachman Elementary School 52
10. Martin Park Elementary School 51
11. Cherokee Elementary School 50
12. Bolton High School 49
13. Arthur F. Smith Middle Magnet School 48
14. Acadian Elementary 43
15. Alexandria Middle Magnet School 40
16. L.S. Rugg Elementary School 38
17. Peabody Magnet High School 36
18. Central Louisiana Supports and Services Center 30
19. Alma Redwine Elementary 27
20. Renaissance Home for Youth 27
21. Horseshoe Drive Elementary School 26
22. Rapides Training Academy 26
23. Alexandria Senior High School 25
24. Scott M. Brame Middle School 25
25. D.F. Huddle Elementary 20

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Alexandria

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Cherokee Elementary School 67.6/100
  2. 2 J.B. Nachman Elementary School 64.6/100
  3. 3 Alexandria Senior High School 59.9/100
  4. 4 Phoenix Magnet Elementary School 58.0/100
  5. 5 Scott M. Brame Middle School 56.2/100

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Which Alexandria school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Mckeithen Head Start has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Alexandria schools in this federal-data comparison at 76/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Alexandria, LA? ▼

Alexandria has 25 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,824 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.