📍 5700 Prescott Road, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, 71301
Cherokee Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Alexandria, Rapides Parish. The school has 579 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rapides Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. 50% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cherokee Elementary School enrolls 579 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% Black or African American, 29% White and 12% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 277 | 48% |
| White | 170 | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 69 | 12% |
| Asian | 31 | 5.4% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 5.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
492 of the school's 579 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 465 qualify for free lunch and 27 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cherokee Elementary School 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 31, state house district 25.
Cherokee Elementary School 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 579 students, Cherokee Elementary School is larger 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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