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Black student results in Rapides Parish

Across 35 schools in Rapides Parish, 30.3% of Black students meet mastery or above. That is 7.8 points above the Louisiana average for Black students.

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37.1%
All students
30.3%
Black
39%
Hispanic
44.2%
White
64.5%
Asian

Average across the 35 schools in Rapides Parish with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 29 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Bolton Academy reports 76% of Black students meeting the standard. Horseshoe Drive Elementary School, in the same district, reports 9%. That is a 67-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Rapides Parish

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting mastery or above. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Bolton Academy 81% 76% 93% 84% 68%
Ruby-wise Elementary School 60% 69% 82% 61%
Oak Hill High School 37% 65% 15% 39% 75%
Phoenix Magnet Elementary School Magnet 77% 64% 83% 80% 92%
Forest Hill Junior High School 41% 59% 32% 53%
Caroline Dormon Junior High School 64% 53% 66%
Paradise Elementary School 52% 44% 60% 53% 92%
Peabody Montessori Elementary School 55% 40% 88% 71%
J.b. Nachman Elementary School 44% 38% 23% 53% 45%
Poland Junior High School 58% 37% 59% 62%
Ball Elementary School 48% 31% 32% 52%
Cherokee Elementary School 30% 31% 19% 29% 60%
Northwood High School 34% 31% 10% 39%
J.i. Barron Sr. Elementary School 42% 30% 22% 51% 53%
Rosenthal Montessori Elementary School 33% 30% 25% 57%
Tioga Junior High School 47% 30% 35% 53%
Hayden R. Lawrence Upper Elementary School 49% 30% 20% 49%
Glenmora High School 33% 29% 27% 34% 42%
Scott M. Brame Middle School 30% 25% 24% 39% 50%
Pineville Junior High School 41% 24% 29% 51% 74%
Tioga Elementary School 40% 24% 46% 45%
Alma Redwine Elementary 22% 21%
Acadian Elementary 18% 20%
Arthur F. Smith Middle Magnet School Magnet 18% 18% 16%
Pineville Elementary School 21% 18% 30% 59%
Carter C. Raymond Junior High School 20% 18%
D.f. Huddle Elementary 16% 17% 25%
Martin Park Elementary School 17% 16% 8%
Mabel Brasher Montessori 16% 15% 29%
Alexandria Middle Magnet School Magnet 13% 12% 24% 21%
Mary Goff Elementary School 52% 12% 57%
L.s. Rugg Elementary School 12% 12% 9% 18%
Lessie Moore Elementary School 19% 11% 40%
Horseshoe Drive Elementary School 9% 9% 0%
Buckeye High School 50% 0% 50%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. Louisiana suppresses results under FERPA and marks groups under ten students as NR. Where the Advanced share is masked as under 5%, proficiency is derived from the reported lower achievement levels. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 1,016 of the state's schools have reportable data. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Louisiana figures should not be compared against another state's.

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