Alma Redwine Elementary

Alma Redwine Elementary, a tight-knit primary school in Alexandria, Louisiana, operated by Rapides Parish, works with 225 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 50% leaner than the state mean of about 453.

Rapides Parish comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 21,340 students; Alma Redwine Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Alma Redwine Elementary logs that 96% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Alma Redwine Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Rapides Parish's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, Alma Redwine Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 13.6%; this one delivers 19.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Rapides Parish) records that median household earnings sit near $54,967, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Rapides Parish's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,481 students), Alma Redwine Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bolton Academy, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alma Redwine Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Alma Redwine Elementary's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 226 (now 225). Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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