Cherokee Elementary School

Cherokee Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary campus in Alexandria, Louisiana, overseen by Rapides Parish. The school educates 576 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Cherokee Elementary School sits 27% bigger than that benchmark.

Rapides Parish runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 21,340 students. Cherokee Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Cherokee Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 26% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 31% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cherokee Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.6%; this one delivers 35.3%.

In the broader community, Rapides Parish reports 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%. In all, Rapides Parish runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,481 students), of which Cherokee Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Scott M. Brame Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cherokee Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 23.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Cherokee Elementary School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 563 (now 576). White enrollment moved from 39% to 26% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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