Alexandria Senior High School

Set in Alexandria, Louisiana, Alexandria Senior High School is a substantial secondary school, operated by Rapides Parish. It enrolls 1,475 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 107% above the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 711 students.

Rapides Parish comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 21,340 students; Alexandria Senior High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Alexandria Senior High School reports that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 44% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, The school lists 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. The state averages about 18.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 64% of students at Alexandria Senior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Rapides Parish runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Rapides Parish put the typical household earns roughly $54,967 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Rapides Parish runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,481 students), of which Alexandria Senior High School is one.

The closest other public school is Cherokee Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 12%: 1,319 students in 2018 compared to 1,475 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 49% to 44% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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