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Calcasieu Parish

Lake Charles, Louisiana · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

27,851
Students enrolled
56
Public schools
2,300
Classroom teachers (FTE)
12.1:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 592
  • Kindergarten 2,196
  • Grade 1 2,187
  • Grade 2 2,298
  • Grade 3 2,173
  • Grade 4 2,100
  • Grade 5 1,988
  • Grade 6 2,099
  • Grade 7 1,942
  • Grade 8 1,915
  • Grade 9 2,454
  • Grade 10 2,088
  • Grade 11 1,835
  • Grade 12 1,984

By race/ethnicity

  • White 56%
  • Black or African American 30%
  • Hispanic/Latino 8%
  • Two or more races 4%
  • Asian 2%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

56% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 15,735 of 27,851 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 52%
  • Reduced-price lunch 4%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$17,252 spent per student on day-to-day operations Louisiana median: $16,090 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $9,239
  • Support services $7,329
  • Other (food service, etc.) $683

Where the money comes from

  • Local 51%
  • State 28%
  • Federal 21%

Total revenue $573.8 milliontotal spending $579.9 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: SmallStudents: 38% city, 38% suburb, 24% rural

Total staff (FTE)

4,026

District office

3310 Broad Street, Lake Charles LA 70615

County

Calcasieu Parish

Official website

Not listed · Suggest the district's website

NCES District ID

2200330

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Public Schools in Calcasieu Parish (61)

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Sulphur High School

Sulphur, LA · Grades 09–12 · 1,911 students · High

Alfred M. Barbe High School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades 09–12 · 1,908 students · High

Sam Houston High School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades 09–12 · 1,141 students · High

S. J. Welsh Middle School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades 06–08 · 1,011 students · Middle

Iowa High School

Iowa, LA · Grades 06–12 · 1,007 students · High

Moss Bluff Elementary School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades PK–05 · 969 students · Elementary

LaGrange High School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades 09–12 · 881 students · High

Bell City High School

Bell City, LA · Grades PK–12 · 785 students · Other

Moss Bluff Middle School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades 06–08 · 781 students · Middle

W. W. Lewis Middle School

Sulphur, LA · Grades 06–08 · 757 students · Middle

A. A. Nelson Elementary School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades PK–05 · 736 students · Elementary

St. John Elementary School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades PK–05 · 670 students · Elementary

Gillis Elementary School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades PK–05 · 650 students · Elementary

Maplewood Elementary

Sulphur, LA · Grades PK–05 · 640 students · Elementary

Prien Lake Elementary School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades PK–05 · 639 students · Elementary

F. K. White Middle School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades 06–08 · 614 students · Middle

Washington/Marion Magnet High School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades 09–12 · 597 students · High

E. K. Key Elementary School

Sulphur, LA · Grades PK–05 · 546 students · Elementary

J. I. Watson Elementary School

Iowa, LA · Grades PK–05 · 531 students · Elementary

Frasch Elementary School

Sulphur, LA · Grades PK–05 · 522 students · Elementary

Fairview Elementary School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades PK–05 · 518 students · Elementary

Westlake High School

Westlake, LA · Grades 09–12 · 487 students · High

Combre-Fondel Elementary School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades KG–05 · 426 students · Elementary

Westwood Elementary School

Westlake, LA · Grades PK–02 · 412 students · Elementary