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Alumni: what's one memory from Peabody Montessori Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPIDES PARISH·NCES 220129001066
Peabody Montessori Elementary School
2416 3rd Street, Alexandria, LA 71302 · (318) 442-5012 · Rapides Parish
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
323 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 | 40 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 49% larger than its 6th grade class (43).
Student demographics
55%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
68.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
50.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 68.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 45.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 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 Peabody Montessori Elementary School
Peabody Montessori Elementary School's state test result (54.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peabody Montessori Elementary School this school | 466 | 69.3% | 54.0% |
| Iberville Charter Academy Plaquemine | 513 | 69.2% | N/A |
| Rougon Elementary School Rougon | 414 | 67.9% | 25.0% |
| Brusly Elementary School Brusly | 489 | 67.3% | N/A |
| Winnfield Primary School Winnfield | 485 | 73.6% | 24.8% |
| Roseland Montessori Roseland | 412 | 74.5% | 23.2% |
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 Peabody Montessori Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Rapides Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #79 of 583 | #4 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #125 of 582 ▼ 29 | #5 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #47 of 587 ▲ 26 | #3 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #198 of 540 | #11 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #303 of 714 | #7 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #555 of 655 | #21 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #252 of 655 | #5 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.3% | #414 of 705 | #19 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #431 of 436 | #13 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
466
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 343
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 466 | 29.3 | 15.9:1 | 69% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 31.1 | 15.5:1 | 63% (302) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 25.3 | 19.1:1 | 55% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | 23 | 19.8:1 | 41% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 468 | 24 | 19.5:1 | 52% (244) |
| 2015-16 | 450 | 29 | 15.5:1 | 54% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 50% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 283 | 19 | 14.9:1 | 61% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 343 | 24 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peabody Montessori Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (468 to 466); teachers up 22% (24 to 29.3).
About Peabody Montessori Elementary School
Peabody Montessori Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Louisiana, located in Alexandria. Federal data show 466 students enrolled in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25.
The Rapides Parish system has 43 schools and 21,340 students.
The share of Black students at Peabody Montessori Elementary School is 55%, a majority. It is also 38% White, 4% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Rapides Parish is roughly 31% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
Teacher count: 29.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.9:1. Compared with the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 69%. Across public schools in Rapides Parish, the average is 77%.
Peabody Montessori Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 94% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Peabody Montessori Elementary School scores 19.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 54.0% actual versus 34.4% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Rapides Parish area, median household income comes to about $54,967, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rapides Parish counts 51 public schools with about 21,481 students.
Peabody Magnet High School is about 0.6 miles from Peabody Montessori Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Peabody Montessori Elementary School is 2nd among 7 schools close by.
NCES describes the area around Peabody Montessori Elementary School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 455 to 466, a small change. The number of students per teacher dropped from 19.8 to 15.9 over 4 years.
This page is set up for the Peabody Montessori Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Peabody Magnet High School0.6 mi · 1,071
- Arthur F. Smith Middle Magnet School0.9 mi · 362
- Alma Redwine Elementary0.9 mi · 225
- Bolton Academy1.3 mi · 372
- Pineville Elementary School1.5 mi · 252
- Rosenthal Montessori Elementary School1.7 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Peabody Montessori Elementary SchoolHow large is Peabody Montessori Elementary School?
Peabody Montessori Elementary School enrolls approximately 466 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Peabody Montessori Elementary School serve?
Peabody Montessori Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Peabody Montessori Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Peabody Montessori Elementary School is approximately 15.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Peabody Montessori Elementary School?
Student demographics at Peabody Montessori Elementary School are roughly 38% White, 4% Hispanic, 55% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Peabody Montessori Elementary School public or private?
Peabody Montessori 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.