📍 4020 Aaron Street, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, 70302
Rapides Training Academy is a Special Education serving other age pupils, located in Alexandria, Rapides Parish. The school has 78 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rapides Parish school district. It serves grades K–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 2.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 27.6:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 24%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Rapides Training Academy enrolls 78 students across grades K–12. The student body is 71% male and 29% female. A teaching staff of 2.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 27.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Black or African American, 41% White and 5.1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 39 | 50% |
| White | 32 | 41% |
| Asian | 4 | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 2.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
53 of the school's 78 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 53 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Rapides Training Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-60, state senate district 29, state house district 26.
Rapides Training Academy is one of 47 schools in Rapides Parish, based in Alexandria, Louisiana. The district serves 21,340 students district-wide and employs 1,359 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 78 students, Rapides Training Academy is smaller than the district average of about 454 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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