Red River Academic Academy

Red River Academic Academy is a middle-grades school of very small scale in Coushatta, Louisiana, overseen by Red River Parish, educateing 76 students in grades 3 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 440 students per school, that is 83% below typical.

Across the 5 schools in Red River Parish (1,243 students total), Red River Academic Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Red River Academic Academy reports that 75% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 21% White, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 40% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 41.0:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Red River Parish's rate of about 91%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Red River Parish put the typical household earns roughly $49,167 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Red River Parish runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,243 students), of which Red River Academic Academy is one.

Red River Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Red River Academic Academy.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Red River Academic Academy community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.