Enrollment
281
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPIDES PARISH·NCES 220129001060
Martin Park Elementary School
4203 Lisa Street, Alexandria, LA 71302 · (318) 448-1695 · Rapides Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
13.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
273 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 37 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
19%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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
22.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -12.0pp since 2022
Math
13.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 12 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 22.0% | 13.0% |
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
17.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.3%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% 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 Martin Park Elementary School
Martin Park Elementary School's state test result (17.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Park Elementary School this school | 281 | 97.2% | 17.0% |
| Acadian Elementary Alexandria | 270 | 98.9% | 22.7% |
| O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy Kentwood | 314 | 95.5% | 14.8% |
| Clara Hall Accelerated School Monroe | 260 | 96.5% | N/A |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary Monroe | 268 | 97.0% | 14.7% |
| Winbourne Elementary School Baton Rouge | 274 | 96.0% | 10.2% |
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 Martin Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Rapides Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #492 of 583 | #21 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #531 of 582 ▼ 8 | #24 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #517 of 587 ▼ 40 | #23 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.0pp | #84 of 540 | #1 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #559 of 714 | #21 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #306 of 655 | #9 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.1% | #549 of 655 | #18 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.2% | #20 of 705 | #6 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #384 of 436 | #10 of 15 |
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
281
-34 (-11%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 281 | 21.3 | 13.2:1 | 97% (273) |
| 2023-24 | 246 | 19.8 | 12.4:1 | 95% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 266 | 17 | 15.6:1 | 94% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 315 | 21 | 15.0:1 | 79% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 292 | 18 | 16.2:1 | 95% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 314 | 22 | 14.3:1 | 92% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 297 | 25 | 11.9:1 | 85% (251) |
| 2000-01 | 302 | 22 | 13.7:1 | 83% (250) |
| 1990-91 | 484 | 26 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (292 to 281); teachers up 18% (18 to 21.3).
About Martin Park Elementary School
Martin Park Elementary School is a public small elementary school in Alexandria, Louisiana. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 281 students. Elementary schools in Louisiana have about 453 students on average; enrollment here is 38% lower.
In Rapides Parish, 43 schools enroll a combined 21,340 students.
Martin Park Elementary School is 90% Black by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% White and 5% multiracial. In Rapides Parish overall, about 31% of residents are Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Martin Park Elementary School scores 19%.
A staff of 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.2:1. Compared with the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Rapides Parish, the school's rate is higher.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Martin Park Elementary School outscored 23%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Martin Park Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 17.0% and a predicted 14.3%.
The school's county is Rapides Parish. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $54,967 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Rapides Parish number 51, with about 21,481 students.
Martin Park Elementary School is about 1.0 miles from Horseshoe Drive Elementary School, its nearest public school. Martin Park Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Martin Park Elementary School at 6th of 7.
NCES assigns Martin Park Elementary School the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment decreased by 11% across 4 years, from 315 in 2020-21 to 281 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.0:1 to 13.2:1 over the same years.
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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
- Mabel Brasher MontessoriElementary · 508 students
Nearby schools
- Horseshoe Drive Elementary School1.0 mi · 243
- Phoenix Magnet Elementary School1.4 mi · 314
- Cherokee Elementary School1.9 mi · 576
- Scott M. Brame Middle School2.1 mi · 709
- Rapides Training Academy2.2 mi · 69
- Alexandria Senior High School2.6 mi · 1,475
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Martin Park Elementary School?
Martin Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 281 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Martin Park Elementary School serve?
Martin Park Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Martin Park Elementary School have?
Martin Park Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Martin Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Martin Park Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 1% Hispanic, 90% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Martin Park Elementary School?
Martin Park Elementary School is overseen by Rapides Parish in Rapides Parish.
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