📍 1402 Reed Avenue, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, 71301
Jackson Head Start is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Alexandria, Rapides Parish. The school has 136 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rapides Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K. The school employs 14.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
Jackson Head Start enrolls 136 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 14.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Black or African American, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 128 | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 3.7% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
125 of the school's 136 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 125 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
The school's NCES locale classification is 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-5, state senate district 29, state house district 26.
Jackson Head Start 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 136 students, Jackson Head Start is smaller than the district average of about 454 students per school.
Setting: City - Small