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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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Cypress Cove Elementary School

Sulphur, LA · Grades PK–05 · 399 students · Elementary

Oak Park Middle School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades 06–08 · 388 students · Middle

LeBleu Settlement Elementary School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades PK–05 · 386 students · Elementary

S. P. Arnett Middle School

Westlake, LA · Grades 06–08 · 374 students · Middle

Vinton Elementary School

Vinton, LA · Grades PK–05 · 374 students · Elementary

W. T. Henning Elementary School

Sulphur, LA · Grades PK–05 · 369 students · Elementary

LeBlanc Middle School

Sulphur, LA · Grades 06–08 · 366 students · Middle

Dolby Elementary School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades PK–05 · 360 students · Elementary

Western Heights Elementary School

Westlake, LA · Grades 03–05 · 343 students · Elementary

Maplewood Middle School

Sulphur, LA · Grades 06–08 · 319 students · Middle

Henry Heights Elementary School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades PK–05 · 315 students · Elementary

M. J. Kaufman Elementary School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades PK–05 · 308 students · Elementary

T. S. Cooley Elementary Magnet School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades KG–05 · 300 students · Elementary

Starks High School

Starks, LA · Grades PK–12 · 284 students · Other

Vincent Settlement Elementary School

Sulphur, LA · Grades PK–05 · 284 students · Elementary

Richard W. Vincent Elementary School

Sulphur, LA · Grades PK–05 · 283 students · Elementary

DeQuincy High School

Dequincy, LA · Grades 09–12 · 279 students · High

College Oaks Elementary School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades PK–05 · 278 students · Elementary

Brentwood Elementary School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades PK–05 · 272 students · Elementary

Ray D. Molo Middle Magnet School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades 06–08 · 265 students · Middle

Oak Park Elementary School

Lake Charles, LA · Grades PK–05 · 259 students · Elementary

Vinton High School

Vinton, LA · Grades 09–12 · 242 students · High

DeQuincy Primary School

Dequincy, LA · Grades PK–02 · 239 students · Elementary

DeQuincy Elementary School

Dequincy, LA · Grades 03–05 · 222 students · Elementary