McKeithen Head Start

McKeithen Head Start is an all-grades campus of mid-sized scale in Alexandria, Louisiana, part of Rapides Parish, works with students from the surrounding community in grade M.

Within Rapides Parish, which oversees 43 schools and 21,340 students, McKeithen Head Start is one campus in the system.

Looking at the economic backdrop, McKeithen Head Start runs at roughly 5.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 52.1:1, putting McKeithen Head Start tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Rapides Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $54,967, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Rapides Parish runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,481 students), of which McKeithen Head Start is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mabel Brasher Montessori, around 1.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

McKeithen Head Start operates from a rural location.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for McKeithen Head Start typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.