Rapides Training Academy

Rapides Training Academy operates as a minimally staffed multi-level school in Alexandria, Louisiana, overseen by Rapides Parish. Current enrollment sits at 69 students spanning grades K through 12. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 527 students each, so Rapides Training Academy sits 87% leaner than that benchmark.

Rapides Parish runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 21,340 students. Rapides Training Academy is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Rapides Training Academy shows that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 41% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Rapides Parish as a whole is about 31% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 52.1:1 average. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Rapides Parish's rate of about 77%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Rapides Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $54,967, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Rapides Parish's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,481 students), Rapides Training Academy is one campus in the mix.

Arthur F. Smith Middle Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rapides Training Academy.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Rapides Training Academy's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 72 (now 69). White enrollment moved from 61% to 41% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Rapides Training Academy community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.