L.S. Rugg Elementary School

Summary:

L.S. Rugg Elementary School is a public elementary school in Alexandria, Louisiana, serving 433 students in grades PK-5 as part of the Rapides Parish school district.

While the nearby schools, such as Phoenix Magnet Elementary, Acadian Elementary, and J.B. Nachman Elementary, have diverse student populations and strong academic performance, L.S. Rugg Elementary stands out with a significantly higher percentage of African American students (90.76%) and consistently low academic achievement, ranking in the bottom quartile of Louisiana elementary schools. The school's performance on LEAP assessments is significantly lower than the Rapides Parish and Louisiana state averages across all grades and subjects.

L.S. Rugg Elementary also has an extremely high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 72.57% to 97.69% over the past three school years, indicating a high concentration of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. Additionally, the school's student-teacher ratio has been higher than nearby schools, ranging from 16.4 to 19.6 over the past three years. Despite being located in close proximity to several higher-performing elementary schools, L.S. Rugg Elementary has not shown significant improvement in its academic performance over the past several years, remaining in the bottom tier of Louisiana elementary schools.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 1319 Bush Avenue
       Alexandria, LA  71301


(318) 442-4536

District: Rapides Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
607th of 675 Louisiana Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,876 Help


Students who attend L.S. Rugg Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Alexandria Middle Magnet School
High:    Bolton High School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.4 Help
Number of students:  433

Racial breakdown:

African American:
90.8%
White:
5.1%
Two or more races:
2.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  97.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details L.S. Rugg Elementary School ranks worse than 89.9% of elementary schools in Louisiana. It also ranks 21st among 23 ranked elementary schools in the Rapides Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.97. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (90.8%), White (5.1%), two or more races (2.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 97.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at L.S. Rugg Elementary School is 16.4, which is the 9th best among 23 elementary schools in the Rapides Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at L.S. Rugg Elementary School is $11,876, which is the lowest among 25 elementary schools in the Rapides Parish School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

L.S. Rugg Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks L.S. Rugg Elementary School 607th of 675 Louisiana public elementary schools. (See L.S. Rugg Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Rapides Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks Rapides Parish 42nd of 122 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for L.S. Rugg Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at L.S. Rugg Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 69.27 235th 725 67.6%
2008 63.57 300th 743 59.6%
2009 63.98 301st 738 59.2%
2010 50.66 412th 736 44.0%
2011 77.91 161st 766 79.0%
2012 35.45 535th 764 30.0%
2013 44.18 463rd 772 40.0%
2014 29.34 599th 777 22.9%
2015 31.44 583rd 792 26.4%
2016 25.50 596th 742 19.7%
2017 35.04 530th 739 28.3%
2018 23.85 562nd 728 22.8%
2019 12.92 670th 731 8.3%
2021 9.78 674th 729 7.5%
2022 4.35 715th 727 1.7%
2023 8.18 700th 730 4.1%
2024 13.97 607th 675 10.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at L.S. Rugg Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 11.77 325th 333 2.4%
2021 10.65 295th 306 3.6%
2022 13.12 292nd 307 4.9%
2023 25.08 237th 296 19.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at L.S. Rugg Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.55 504th 682 26.1%
2019 14.80 646th 697 7.3%
2021 9.99 677th 719 5.8%
2022 4.46 712th 724 1.7%
2023 9.27 691st 723 4.4%
2024 17.64 590th 674 12.5%
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Rank History for Homeless students at L.S. Rugg Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 17.26 12th 12 0.0%
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Rank History for Female students at L.S. Rugg Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 15.89 624th 684 8.8%
2021 8.80 678th 705 3.8%
2022 5.64 685th 701 2.3%
2023 11.61 658th 705 6.7%
2024 21.89 534th 635 15.9%
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Rank History for Male students at L.S. Rugg Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 10.88 660th 696 5.2%
2021 11.60 644th 704 8.5%
2022 5.86 694th 712 2.5%
2023 6.86 694th 713 2.7%
2024 8.63 618th 651 5.1%
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Rank History for African American students at L.S. Rugg Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.63 410th 547 25.0%
2019 22.47 483rd 559 13.6%
2021 15.53 518th 564 8.2%
2022 9.51 540th 562 3.9%
2023 14.20 536th 570 6.0%
2024 22.81 429th 509 15.7%
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Rank History for White students at L.S. Rugg Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 3.09 514th 517 0.6%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for L.S. Rugg Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 353 353
1990 158 203 4 0 0 n/a n/a 0 365
1991 160 216 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 376
1992 150 239 5 0 0 n/a n/a 0 394
1993 138 251 3 0 0 n/a n/a 0 392
1994 110 245 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 357
1995 69 199 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 270
1996 69 199 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 270
1997 72 219 0 2 4 n/a n/a 0 297
1998 53 267 1 0 2 n/a n/a 0 323
1999 44 267 1 0 4 n/a n/a 0 316
2000 37 253 2 1 4 n/a n/a 0 297
2001 47 270 5 0 7 n/a n/a 0 329
2002 39 316 1 2 1 n/a n/a 0 359
2003 39 316 1 2 1 n/a n/a 0 359
2004 37 317 3 0 1 n/a n/a 0 358
2005 34 293 1 2 2 n/a n/a 0 332
2006 37 282 0 5 1 n/a n/a 0 325
2007 46 254 0 4 3 n/a n/a 0 307
2008 37 274 0 6 3 n/a n/a 0 320
2009 33 292 0 10 0 n/a n/a 0 335
2010 34 277 0 6 0 n/a n/a 0 317
2011 43 293 0 6 1 0 0 0 343
2012 44 267 9 13 0 0 0 0 333
2013 42 260 8 10 0 0 2 0 322
2014 37 269 3 7 0 0 1 0 317
2015 34 281 2 3 0 1 2 0 323
2016 35 258 6 4 0 0 2 0 305
2017 32 232 7 1 0 0 0 0 272
2018 29 208 5 5 1 0 2 0 250
2019 30 271 0 2 1 0 7 0 311
2020 21 269 0 3 0 1 4 0 298
2021 14 234 0 4 0 0 0 0 252
2022 28 367 0 5 0 0 12 0 412
2023 22 393 0 7 2 0 9 0 433

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at L.S. Rugg Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 353 17.0 20.7 61.2
1990 365 23.0 15.8 69
1991 376 24.0 15.6 67.3
1992 394 26.0 15.1 69.3
1993 392 26.0 15.1 73.2
1994 357 27.0 13.2 86.3
1995 270 26.0 10.4 74.8
1996 270 26.0 10.4 74.8
1997 297 26.0 11.4 75.1
1998 323 26.0 12.4 78.3
1999 316 26.0 12.2 88.6
2000 297 24.0 12.4 88.9
2001 329 27.0 12.2 87.2
2002 359 28.0 12.8 90
2003 359 28.0 12.8 90
2004 358 26.9 13.3 88.8
2005 332 27.5 12.1 91.6
2006 325 29.5 11.0 92.3
2007 307 29.8 10.3 91.5
2008 320 31.2 10.3 95
2009 335 34.7 9.7 93.7
2010 317 35.5 8.9 95.6
2011 343 35.8 9.5 86.6
2012 333 35.0 9.5 88.3
2013 322 34.0 9.4 91
2014 317 29.0 10.9 89.6
2015 323 26.0 12.4 92.6
2016 305 29.0 10.5 87.2
2017 272 14.3 18.9 91.2
2018 250 15.0 16.6 92.8
2019 311 17.0 18.2 86.5
2020 298 16.0 18.6 87.2
2021 252 15.0 16.8 81
2022 412 21.0 19.6 72.6
2023 433 26.3 16.4 97.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio L.S. Rugg Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 353 17.0 20.7 61.2
1990 365 23.0 15.8 69
1991 376 24.0 15.6 67.3
1992 394 26.0 15.1 69.3
1993 392 26.0 15.1 73.2
1994 357 27.0 13.2 86.3
1995 270 26.0 10.4 74.8
1996 270 26.0 10.4 74.8
1997 297 26.0 11.4 75.1
1998 323 26.0 12.4 78.3
1999 316 26.0 12.2 88.6
2000 297 24.0 12.4 88.9
2001 329 27.0 12.2 87.2
2002 359 28.0 12.8 90
2003 359 28.0 12.8 90
2004 358 26.9 13.3 88.8
2005 332 27.5 12.1 91.6
2006 325 29.5 11.0 92.3
2007 307 29.8 10.3 91.5
2008 320 31.2 10.3 95
2009 335 34.7 9.7 93.7
2010 317 35.5 8.9 95.6
2011 343 35.8 9.5 86.6
2012 333 35.0 9.5 88.3
2013 322 34.0 9.4 91
2014 317 29.0 10.9 89.6
2015 323 26.0 12.4 92.6
2016 305 29.0 10.5 87.2
2017 272 14.3 18.9 91.2
2018 250 15.0 16.6 92.8
2019 311 17.0 18.2 86.5
2020 298 16.0 18.6 87.2
2021 252 15.0 16.8 81
2022 412 21.0 19.6 72.6
2023 433 26.3 16.4 97.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for L.S. Rugg Elementary School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $13,117
2018 $14,312
2019 $10,855
2020 $10,846
2021 $14,159
2022 $11,876

Data source: Louisiana Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on L.S. Rugg Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 670th of 731 Elementary schoolsRanks 700th of 730 Elementary schools
 4.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
4th Grade Mathematics (L.S. Rugg Elementary School)3728
 9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Rapides Parish)6667
 1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6965
 4%
4th Grade English Language Arts (L.S. Rugg Elementary School)5134
 17%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Rapides Parish)7172
 1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7268
 4%
4th Grade Social Studies (L.S. Rugg Elementary School)3323
 10%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Rapides Parish)5262
 10%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5153
 2%
5th Grade Mathematics (L.S. Rugg Elementary School)2912
 17%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Rapides Parish)5755
 2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6359
 4%
5th Grade English Language Arts (L.S. Rugg Elementary School)5446
 8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Rapides Parish)7272
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7170
 1%
5th Grade Social Studies (L.S. Rugg Elementary School)2510
 15%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Rapides Parish)5352
 1%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5447
 7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students311433
 39.2%
African American271393
 45%
American Indian12
 100%
Asian00
Hispanic27
 250%
Pacific Islander00
White3022
 26.7%
Two or More Races79
 28.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients86.5%97.7%
 11.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about L.S. Rugg Elementary School

Students at L.S. Rugg Elementary School are 91% African American, 5% White, 2% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic.

In the 2022-23 school year, 433 students attended L.S. Rugg Elementary School.

Students who attend L.S. Rugg Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Alexandria Middle Magnet School
High : Bolton High School

L.S. Rugg Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10.1% of Louisiana elementary schools.


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