📍 521 McKeithen Drive, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, 71303
McKeithen Head Start is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Alexandria, Rapides Parish. The school has 120 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rapides Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K. The school employs 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 5.9:1.
McKeithen Head Start enrolls 120 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 48% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 5.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Black or African American, 5.8% Hispanic or Latino and 3.3% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 104 | 87% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 | 5.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 3.3% |
| White | 2 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 2 | 1.7% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
111 of the school's 120 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 111 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 Rural, Fringe. 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 31, state house district 25.
McKeithen 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 120 students, McKeithen Head Start is smaller than the district average of about 454 students per school.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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