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How has Mabel Brasher Montessori changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
508
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPIDES PARISH·NCES 220129001045
Mabel Brasher Montessori
601 Cloverleaf Boulevard, Alexandria, LA 71303 · (318) 442-0878 · Rapides Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL508 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- B-Three-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
16.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
497 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 | 41 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
25%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
20.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -6.0pp since 2022
Math
15.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 20.0% | 15.0% |
| 2024-25 | 21.0% | 17.0% |
| 2023-24 | 17.0% | 11.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
15.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 Mabel Brasher Montessori
Mabel Brasher Montessori's state test result (15.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mabel Brasher Montessori this school | 508 | 97.8% | 15.0% |
| Willow Charter Academy Lafayette | 605 | 98.2% | N/A |
| Amite Elementary Magnet School Amite | 431 | 94.9% | 17.0% |
| D.F. Huddle Elementary Alexandria | 412 | 98.1% | 17.7% |
| Alice N. Boucher Elementary School Lafayette | 442 | 94.3% | 17.5% |
| Park Elementary School New Iberia | 440 | 95.2% | 21.8% |
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 Mabel Brasher Montessori ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Rapides Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #513 of 583 | #22 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #507 of 582 ▼ 35 | #22 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #535 of 587 ▼ 14 | #24 of 24 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #258 of 540 | #13 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 508 | #246 of 714 | #4 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #559 of 655 | #22 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.2% | #520 of 655 | #14 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #14 of 705 | #5 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +81.4% | #8 of 197 | #1 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
508
+134 (+36%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 508 | 31.8 | 16.0:1 | 98% (497) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 93% (509) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 23 | 18.7:1 | 90% (389) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 20 | 18.7:1 | 73% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 280 | 19 | 14.7:1 | 95% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 94% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 378 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 87% (329) |
| 2000-01 | 402 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 66% (267) |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 33 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mabel Brasher Montessori.
Since 2017-18: students up 81% (280 to 508); teachers up 67% (19 to 31.8).
About Mabel Brasher Montessori
Students in Alexandria, Louisiana, attend Mabel Brasher Montessori, a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 508 students in pre-K through 5.
Rapides Parish has a total of 43 schools and 21,340 students, Mabel Brasher Montessori among them.
Mabel Brasher Montessori is 86% Black by enrollment. The remaining shares are 8% White and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Rapides Parish's population at about 31%. The diversity index for Mabel Brasher Montessori is 25%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.0 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana, 14.0:1, is lower. Mabel Brasher Montessori has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 98%. It compares with 77% for public schools in Rapides Parish.
Mabel Brasher Montessori earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 25% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Mabel Brasher Montessori would be expected to post about 13.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 15.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Rapides Parish show that the median household earns about $54,967 a year, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Rapides Parish has 51 public schools with about 21,481 students, including Mabel Brasher Montessori.
About 1.0 miles separate Mabel Brasher Montessori from the closest public school, Central Louisiana Supports and Services Center. The five-mile area around Mabel Brasher Montessori holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 29.6% on proficiency, and Mabel Brasher Montessori is below that at 15.0%.
NCES assigns Mabel Brasher Montessori the locale Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The school's student count rose 36% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 18.7:1 to 16.0:1.
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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
- Alexandria Middle Magnet SchoolMiddle · 469 students
Nearby schools
- Central Louisiana Supports and Services Center1.0 mi · 37
- Renaissance Home for Youth1.2 mi · 12
- J.B. Nachman Elementary School1.9 mi · 546
- D.F. Huddle Elementary2.3 mi · 412
- Alexandria Middle Magnet School2.4 mi · 469
- Alexandria Senior High School2.7 mi · 1,475
Frequently asked questions
About Mabel Brasher MontessoriHow large is Mabel Brasher Montessori?
Mabel Brasher Montessori enrolls approximately 508 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mabel Brasher Montessori serve?
Mabel Brasher Montessori serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mabel Brasher Montessori?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Mabel Brasher Montessori.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mabel Brasher Montessori?
At Mabel Brasher Montessori, the student body is approximately 8% White, 1% Hispanic, 86% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Mabel Brasher Montessori?
Mabel Brasher Montessori is overseen by Rapides Parish in Rapides Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.