📍 5010 Monroe Highway, Ball, Rapides Parish, 71405
Paradise Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ball, Rapides Parish. The school has 373 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rapides Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Paradise Elementary School enrolls 373 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% White, 23% Black or African American and 5.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 254 | 68% |
| Black or African American | 84 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 5.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
290 of the school's 373 students (78%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 273 qualify for free lunch and 17 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Paradise Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 35, state house district 27.
Paradise 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 373 students, Paradise Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 454 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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