Female teacher, 34, arrested for 'raping 10-year-old pupil'

Detectives discovered that Smith had been having inappropriate contact with the young boy since late last year. (Courtesy)

A school teacher has been charged after allegedly raping one of her 10-year-old students.

Deidre R. Smith, 34, was arrested on Tuesday after an administrator at the Lake Charles Charter Academy in Louisiana, USA, contacted police about a possible "inappropriate relationship" involving a teacher.