Scott M. Brame Middle School

Scott M. Brame Middle School is a sizable middle school in Alexandria, Louisiana, operated by Rapides Parish. The school hosts 709 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 440 students each, so Scott M. Brame Middle School sits 61% above that benchmark.

Within Rapides Parish, which oversees 43 schools and 21,340 students, Scott M. Brame Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Scott M. Brame Middle School records that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Asian. By comparison, Rapides Parish as a whole is about 31% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 41.0:1, putting Scott M. Brame Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Scott M. Brame Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.7%; this one delivers 32.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Rapides Parish) reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,967 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Scott M. Brame Middle School is one of 51 public schools in Rapides Parish (combined enrollment of about 21,481 students).

Cherokee Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Scott M. Brame Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Scott M. Brame Middle School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 24.1%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 16%: 845 students in 2018 compared to 709 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 41% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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