Central Rayne Kindergarten School

In Rayne, Louisiana, Central Rayne Kindergarten School is a very small elementary school. It has an enrollment of 173 students in pre-K through kindergarten. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll around 453, and this school is 62% below that mark.

Central Rayne Kindergarten School reports to Acadia Parish, which has 27 schools and 9,043 students.

Of every 100 students at Central Rayne Kindergarten School, about 47 are White, the largest group. Smaller groups are 38% Black, 8% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Acadia Parish is roughly 77% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.

Its staff includes 10.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.1 students per teacher. The gap from the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 2.1 students per teacher. Roughly 80% of students at Central Rayne Kindergarten School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is 13 points above the 67% average for public schools in Acadia Parish.

The county, Acadia Parish, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $45,562, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 20%. The county's public schools total 27, with about 9,043 students.

Of the public schools around it, Central Rayne Kindergarten School is closest to Rayne High School, about 0.5 miles away. Central Rayne Kindergarten School has 4 other public schools within five miles.

Its NCES locale code is Town: Fringe: the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.

The school's student count fell 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 18.9 in 2020-21 to 16.1 in 2024-25.

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