📍 2727 Jones Avenue, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, 71302
Peabody Magnet High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Alexandria, Rapides Parish. The school has 760 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rapides Parish school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 45.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 77%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Peabody Magnet High School enrolls 760 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 45.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Black or African American, 1.2% White and <1% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 742 | 98% |
| White | 9 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
688 of the school's 760 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 666 qualify for free lunch and 22 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Peabody Magnet High 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 29, state house district 26.
Peabody Magnet High 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 760 students, Peabody Magnet High 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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