Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 400 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAPIDES PARISH·NCES 220129010374
Phoenix Magnet Elementary School
4500 Lincoln Road, Alexandria, LA 71302 · (318) 445-6296 · Rapides Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
13.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
148 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 | 45 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
58%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 2024-25 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
90.0%
LA avg 41.4%
Math
68.0%
LA avg 33.2% . -10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 41 and 33. Math scores are down about 10 points since 2022.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 95.0% | 85.0% |
| 2022-23 | N/A | 78.0% |
% 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
80.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% 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 30 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 Phoenix Magnet Elementary School
Phoenix Magnet Elementary School's state test result (80.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Magnet Elementary School this school | 314 | 47.1% | 80.7% |
| L. Leo Judice Elementary School Scott | 371 | 44.5% | 66.8% |
| Bains Lower Elementary School St. Francisville | 247 | 46.6% | N/A |
| Ethel Schoeffner Elementary School Destrehan | 381 | 41.7% | 46.8% |
| A.C. Steere Elementary School Shreveport | 443 | 46.5% | 41.0% |
| Meaux Elementary School Abbeville | 281 | 48.8% | 53.3% |
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 Phoenix Magnet Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Rapides Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.7% | #10 of 583 | #1 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #35 of 582 ▼ 26 | #1 of 24 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #6 of 587 ▼ 3 | #1 of 24 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #523 of 714 | #20 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #397 of 655 | #15 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #203 of 655 | #4 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.1% | #630 of 705 | #24 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.5% | #21 of 436 | #1 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
314
-144 (-31%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 314 | 22.6 | 13.9:1 | 47% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 319 | 25.4 | 12.6:1 | 47% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 22.5 | 15.6:1 | 50% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 37% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 30 | 17.6:1 | 36% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 576 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 38% (220) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phoenix Magnet Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (528 to 314); teachers down 25% (30 to 22.6).
About Phoenix Magnet Elementary School
Phoenix Magnet Elementary School is one of the public schools in Alexandria, Louisiana. It is a small elementary school. It teaches 314 students in pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll about 453 students on average.
The Rapides Parish system has 43 schools and 21,340 students.
White students are 57% of those enrolled at Phoenix Magnet Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 29% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. That is in line with Rapides Parish, where about 61% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Phoenix Magnet Elementary School is 13.9:1, based on 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is close to this figure. Lunch program data show 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Rapides Parish, the average is 77%.
On the allk12 Grade, Phoenix Magnet Elementary School lands at A+, ahead of 99% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations places Phoenix Magnet Elementary School in the top 10% of Louisiana schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 30.2 points above it (80.7% actual, 50.4% predicted).
The school is in Rapides Parish, where median household income comes to about $54,967, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Rapides Parish's 51 public schools enroll about 21,481 students and include Phoenix Magnet Elementary School.
Phoenix Magnet Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Rapides Training Academy, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Phoenix Magnet Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Enrollment was 314 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 458. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.4:1 to 13.9:1 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
- Rapides Training Academy0.9 mi · 69
- Martin Park Elementary School1.4 mi · 281
- Arthur F. Smith Middle Magnet School1.6 mi · 362
- Horseshoe Drive Elementary School1.7 mi · 243
- Peabody Magnet High School1.9 mi · 1,071
- Acadian Elementary1.9 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About Phoenix Magnet Elementary SchoolHow large is Phoenix Magnet Elementary School?
Phoenix Magnet Elementary School enrolls approximately 314 students in grades PK-05.
Is Phoenix Magnet Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Phoenix Magnet Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Phoenix Magnet Elementary School have?
Phoenix Magnet Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Phoenix Magnet Elementary School?
Student demographics at Phoenix Magnet Elementary School are roughly 57% White, 5% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Phoenix Magnet Elementary School?
Phoenix Magnet Elementary School is overseen by Rapides Parish in Rapides Parish.
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