Rapides Parish School District

Rapides Parish School District enrolls 22,546 students across 43 ranked schools in Louisiana. Its district-wide average of 7.2 out of 10 reflects consistent delivery across that full enrollment — a baseline that holds steady across the whole system rather than resting on a handful of standout campuses. With 43 schools in the system, families have real choice within district boundaries.

The top of the district is easy to identify. Tioga Junior High School leads all 43 campuses with a 9.2 out of 10, the highest score in the system. Poland Junior High School and Phoenix Magnet Elementary School follow at 9.1 each, placing three schools above 9.0 in a single district. Caroline Dormon Junior High School scores 8.7, and Paradise Elementary rounds out the top five at 8.5. That gives Rapides Parish five schools scoring 8.5 or above — a strong cluster of high performance spread across both elementary and middle-grade campuses.

The grade-level distribution of those top schools matters. Strong elementary options and a highly rated middle school both appear in the top five, so families don't face a trade-off between a quality early education and a strong transition into secondary grades. The gap between the 7.2 district average and the top five schools — all at 8.5 or above — shows that the best campuses here outpace the system mean by a meaningful margin.

For parents comparing Louisiana districts, the story is straightforward. The 7.2 average across all 43 schools signals reliable performance at scale. The 9.2 at Tioga Junior High anchors a clearly defined top tier, and four more schools at 8.5 or above — Poland Junior High, Phoenix Magnet, Caroline Dormon, and Paradise Elementary — give families genuine options at both elementary and middle-school grades within a single district.