Enrollment
225
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPIDES PARISH·NCES 220129001083
Alma Redwine Elementary
1323 Vance Avenue, Alexandria, LA 71302 · (318) 442-3177 · Rapides Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL225 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
222 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
28.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
14.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 28.0% | 14.0% |
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 9.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.2%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 13% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alma Redwine Elementary
Alma Redwine Elementary's state test result (20.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alma Redwine Elementary this school | 225 | 98.7% | 20.0% |
| Melrose Elementary School Baton Rouge | 227 | 96.5% | 15.2% |
| Barkdull Faulk Elementary School Monroe | 212 | 96.2% | 16.8% |
| Ryan Elementary School Baton Rouge | 205 | 96.6% | 18.2% |
| Clara Hall Accelerated School Monroe | 260 | 96.5% | N/A |
| Queensborough Elementary School Shreveport | 212 | 96.2% | 15.2% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alma Redwine Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Rapides Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #453 of 583 | #18 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #520 of 582 ▼ 18 | #23 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #448 of 587 ▼ 105 | #22 of 24 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #191 of 540 | #10 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 225 | #627 of 714 | #24 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #78 of 655 | #2 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.6% | #626 of 655 | #24 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #8 of 705 | #2 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #432 of 436 | #14 of 15 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
225
-12 (-5%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 268
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 18.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 225 | 20.8 | 10.8:1 | 99% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 230 | 22.9 | 10.1:1 | 90% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 232 | 14.7 | 15.8:1 | 94% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 237 | 13 | 18.2:1 | 77% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 226 | 15 | 15.1:1 | 98% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 246 | 25 | 9.8:1 | 91% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 274 | 25 | 11.0:1 | 91% (248) |
| 2000-01 | 179 | 13 | 13.8:1 | 97% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 268 | 18 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alma Redwine Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (226 to 225); teachers up 39% (15 to 20.8).
About Alma Redwine Elementary
Alma Redwine Elementary is a small elementary school based in Alexandria, Louisiana. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 225 students. Against the 453-student average for elementary schools in Louisiana, enrollment here is 50% lower.
Besides Alma Redwine Elementary, Rapides Parish runs 42 other schools. The district enrolls 21,340 students.
Black students are the large majority at Alma Redwine Elementary, with 96% of enrollment. That compares with about 31% Black among all Rapides Parish residents. By the diversity index, Alma Redwine Elementary comes in at 9%.
The school reports 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 10.8 students per teacher. The 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Rapides Parish, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for Alma Redwine Elementary is C+. Compared with Louisiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 44% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Alma Redwine Elementary is 6.8 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 20.0% actual, 13.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Louisiana.
Among Rapides Parish residents, median household income is about $54,967, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 51 public schools in Rapides Parish, with a combined enrollment of about 21,481.
The school nearest to Alma Redwine Elementary is Bolton Academy, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Within five miles of Alma Redwine Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Alma Redwine Elementary is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Alma Redwine Elementary saw enrollment fall 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.2:1 in 2020-21, and 10.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Rapides Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,527
Census ACS
Median income
$54,967
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
21,481 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rapides Parish
- Alexandria Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,475 students
- Pineville High SchoolHigh · 1,271 students
- Peabody Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,071 students
- J.I. Barron Sr. Elementary SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Buckeye High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Tioga High SchoolHigh · 881 students
Other schools in Alexandria
- Alexandria Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,475 students
- Peabody Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,071 students
- Scott M. Brame Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- J.B. Nachman Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Mabel Brasher MontessoriElementary · 508 students
Nearby schools
- Bolton Academy0.5 mi · 372
- Peabody Magnet High School0.7 mi · 1,071
- L.S. Rugg Elementary School0.8 mi · 356
- Peabody Montessori Elementary School0.9 mi · 466
- Arthur F. Smith Middle Magnet School1.0 mi · 362
- Rosenthal Montessori Elementary School1.1 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Alma Redwine ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Alma Redwine Elementary?
Alma Redwine Elementary enrolls approximately 225 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Alma Redwine Elementary serve?
Alma Redwine Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Alma Redwine Elementary?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Alma Redwine Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alma Redwine Elementary?
At Alma Redwine Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 1% Hispanic, 96% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Alma Redwine Elementary?
Alma Redwine Elementary is overseen by Rapides Parish in Rapides Parish.
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