📍 1319 Bush Avenue, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, 71301
L.S. Rugg Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Alexandria, Rapides Parish. The school has 433 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rapides Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
L.S. Rugg Elementary School enrolls 433 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Black or African American, 5.1% White and 2.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 393 | 91% |
| White | 22 | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
423 of the school's 433 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 416 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
L.S. Rugg 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 29, state house district 26.
L.S. Rugg 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 433 students, L.S. Rugg Elementary School is close to 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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