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Enrollment
576
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPIDES PARISH·NCES 220129001048
Cherokee Elementary School
5700 Prescott Road, Alexandria, LA 71301 · (318) 442-1987 · Rapides Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
487 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 | 61 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
68%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
44.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +2.0pp since 2022
Math
29.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 44.0% | 29.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Cherokee Elementary School
Cherokee Elementary School's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Elementary School this school | 576 | 84.5% | 33.8% |
| Isaac G Joseph Elementary School Westwego | 439 | 83.4% | 21.2% |
| Ella C. Pittman Elementary School Harvey | 471 | 80.3% | 20.3% |
| Park Vista Elementary School Opelousas | 533 | 82.9% | 26.8% |
| Magnolia Elementary New Iberia | 407 | 81.1% | 25.8% |
| Broadmoor Elementary School Baton Rouge | 579 | 82.2% | 19.7% |
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 Cherokee Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Rapides Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #282 of 583 | #14 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #333 of 582 ▼ 27 | #15 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #250 of 587 ▲ 7 | #14 of 24 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #221 of 540 | #12 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #175 of 714 | #2 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #385 of 655 | #14 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #51 of 655 | #1 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.5% | #206 of 705 | #13 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.3% | #173 of 197 | #8 of 9 |
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
576
+53 (+10%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 488
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 576 | 41.8 | 13.8:1 | 85% (487) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 41.7 | 14.4:1 | 85% (509) |
| 2022-23 | 579 | 32.8 | 17.6:1 | 85% (492) |
| 2020-21 | 523 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 53% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 33 | 17.1:1 | 80% (448) |
| 2015-16 | 660 | 42 | 15.7:1 | 71% (467) |
| 2010-11 | 737 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 63% (462) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 47% (202) |
| 1990-91 | 488 | 26 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cherokee Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (563 to 576); teachers up 27% (33 to 41.8).
About Cherokee Elementary School
Cherokee Elementary School sits in Alexandria, Louisiana, and is classified as an elementary school. The latest federal count shows 576 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 453-student average for elementary schools in Louisiana, enrollment here is 27% higher.
Federal data list 43 schools in Rapides Parish, with 21,340 students enrolled.
Black students form the largest group at Cherokee Elementary School, 48% of enrollment. Next come 26% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 31% Black among all Rapides Parish residents. By the diversity index, Cherokee Elementary School comes in at 68%.
The school reported 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.8:1. Across elementary schools in Louisiana, the average ratio is about 14.0:1. Eligible students account for 85% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
allk12 grades Cherokee Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Louisiana schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Cherokee Elementary School's results are 10.4 points above predicted: 33.8% against 23.4%.
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.
Nearest public school: Scott M. Brame Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Cherokee Elementary School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Cherokee Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Cherokee Elementary School saw enrollment rise 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.8:1 in 2020-21, and 13.8:1 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
- J.B. Nachman Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Mabel Brasher MontessoriElementary · 508 students
- Alexandria Middle Magnet SchoolMiddle · 469 students
Other Cherokee Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 12 states are named Cherokee Elementary. Cherokee Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 17.
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolCatoosa, OK · 857 students
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolLiberty Twp, OH · 791 students
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolParadise Valley, AZ · 690 students
- CHEROKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHARDY, AR · 581 students
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolCedartown, GA · 575 students
Nearby schools
- Scott M. Brame Middle School0.6 mi · 709
- Alexandria Senior High School0.7 mi · 1,475
- Horseshoe Drive Elementary School1.0 mi · 243
- J.B. Nachman Elementary School1.8 mi · 546
- Martin Park Elementary School1.9 mi · 281
- D.F. Huddle Elementary2.3 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About Cherokee Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cherokee Elementary School?
Cherokee Elementary School enrolls approximately 576 students in grades PK-05.
Is Cherokee Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cherokee Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cherokee Elementary School have?
Cherokee Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Cherokee Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cherokee Elementary School are roughly 26% White, 15% Hispanic, 48% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Cherokee Elementary School public or private?
Cherokee Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rapides Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.