Mabel Brasher Montessori

Mabel Brasher Montessori, a medium-sized elementary school in Alexandria, Louisiana, part of Rapides Parish, hosts 508 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Rapides Parish, which oversees 43 schools and 21,340 students, Mabel Brasher Montessori is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Mabel Brasher Montessori records that nearly all students (86%) are Black. Other groups include 8% White, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Rapides Parish runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mabel Brasher Montessori sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 14.2%; this one delivers 12.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Rapides Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $54,967 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Mabel Brasher Montessori is one of 51 public schools in Rapides Parish (combined enrollment of about 21,481 students).

Central Louisiana Supports and Services Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mabel Brasher Montessori. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mabel Brasher Montessori at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 31.4%.

Mabel Brasher Montessori operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mabel Brasher Montessori has edged up 81%, going from 280 students in 2018 to 508 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 13% to 8% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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