Calcasieu Parish
Public school district based in Lake Charles, Louisiana. NCES district ID 2200330; state ID LA-010.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
56
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
27,851
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
2,300.3
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
12.1
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 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 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.3% | |
| Asian | 1.8% | |
| Black or African American | 29.9% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 8.3% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.1% | |
| Two or more races | 4.0% | |
| White | 55.6% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 49.0% | |
| Male | 51.0% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 22, Suburb 18, Rural 16.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur High School Sulphur | 9–12 | Regular | 1,911 | 136.6 | 14 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Alfred M. Barbe High School Lake Charles | 9–12 | Regular | 1,908 | 112.9 | 16.9 | City: Small |
| Sam Houston High School Lake Charles | 9–12 | Regular | 1,141 | 77.3 | 14.8 | Suburb: Midsize |
| S. J. Welsh Middle School Lake Charles | 6–8 | Regular | 1,011 | 90.0 | 11.2 | City: Small |
| Iowa High School Iowa | 6–12 | Regular | 1,007 | 75.5 | 13.3 | Rural: Fringe |
| Moss Bluff Elementary School Lake Charles | PK–5 | Regular | 969 | 68.4 | 14.2 | Suburb: Midsize |
| LaGrange High School Lake Charles | 9–12 | Regular | 881 | 93.4 | 9.4 | City: Small |
| Bell City High School Bell City | PK–12 | Regular | 785 | 63.0 | 12.5 | Rural: Distant |
| Moss Bluff Middle School Lake Charles | 6–8 | Regular | 781 | 61.7 | 12.7 | Suburb: Midsize |
| W. W. Lewis Middle School Sulphur | 6–8 | Regular | 757 | 61.9 | 12.2 | Suburb: Midsize |
| A. A. Nelson Elementary School Lake Charles | PK–5 | Regular | 736 | 48.4 | 15.2 | City: Small |
| St. John Elementary School Lake Charles | PK–5 | Regular | 670 | 51.9 | 12.9 | Rural: Fringe |
| Gillis Elementary School Lake Charles | PK–5 | Regular | 650 | 53.6 | 12.1 | Rural: Fringe |
| Maplewood Elementary Sulphur | PK–5 | Regular | 640 | 50.1 | 12.8 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Prien Lake Elementary School Lake Charles | PK–5 | Regular | 639 | 49.6 | 12.9 | City: Small |
| F. K. White Middle School Lake Charles | 6–8 | Regular | 614 | 69.9 | 8.8 | City: Small |
| Washington/Marion Magnet High School Lake Charles | 9–12 | Regular | 597 | 47.6 | 12.5 | City: Small |
| E. K. Key Elementary School Sulphur | PK–5 | Regular | 546 | 46.4 | 11.8 | Suburb: Midsize |
| J. I. Watson Elementary School Iowa | PK–5 | Regular | 531 | 42.0 | 12.7 | Rural: Fringe |
| Frasch Elementary School Sulphur | PK–5 | Regular | 522 | 43.5 | 12 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Fairview Elementary School Lake Charles | PK–5 | Regular | 518 | 46.1 | 11.2 | City: Small |
| Westlake High School Westlake | 9–12 | Regular | 487 | 50.4 | 9.7 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Combre-Fondel Elementary School Lake Charles | K–5 | Regular | 426 | 30.7 | 13.9 | City: Small |
| Westwood Elementary School Westlake | PK–2 | Regular | 412 | 30.6 | 13.5 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Cypress Cove Elementary School Sulphur | PK–5 | Regular | 399 | 35.5 | 11.2 | Rural: Fringe |
| Oak Park Middle School Lake Charles | 6–8 | Regular | 388 | 42.4 | 9.1 | City: Small |
| LeBleu Settlement Elementary School Lake Charles | PK–5 | Regular | 386 | 27.4 | 14.1 | Rural: Fringe |
| S. P. Arnett Middle School Westlake | 6–8 | Regular | 374 | 28.9 | 13 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Vinton Elementary School Vinton | PK–5 | Regular | 374 | 29.4 | 12.7 | Rural: Distant |
| W. T. Henning Elementary School Sulphur | PK–5 | Regular | 369 | 32.7 | 11.3 | Suburb: Midsize |
| LeBlanc Middle School Sulphur | 6–8 | Regular | 366 | 32.2 | 11.4 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Dolby Elementary School Lake Charles | PK–5 | Regular | 360 | 31.2 | 11.5 | City: Small |
| Western Heights Elementary School Westlake | 3–5 | Regular | 343 | 23.5 | 14.6 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Maplewood Middle School Sulphur | 6–8 | Regular | 319 | 33.3 | 9.6 | Suburb: Midsize |
| Henry Heights Elementary School Lake Charles | PK–5 | Regular | 315 | 33.5 | 9.4 | City: Small |
| M. J. Kaufman Elementary School Lake Charles | PK–5 | Regular | 308 | 30.6 | 10.1 | Suburb: Midsize |
| T. S. Cooley Elementary Magnet School Lake Charles | K–5 | Regular | 300 | 16.0 | 18.8 | City: Small |
| Starks High School Starks | PK–12 | Regular | 284 | 36.3 | 7.8 | Rural: Distant |
| Vincent Settlement Elementary School Sulphur | PK–5 | Regular | 284 | 23.2 | 12.2 | Rural: Fringe |
| Richard W. Vincent Elementary School Sulphur | PK–5 | Regular | 283 | 24.9 | 11.4 | Suburb: Midsize |
| DeQuincy High School DeQuincy | 9–12 | Regular | 279 | 29.6 | 9.4 | Rural: Distant |
| College Oaks Elementary School Lake Charles | PK–5 | Regular | 278 | 26.8 | 10.4 | City: Small |
| Brentwood Elementary School Lake Charles | PK–5 | Regular | 272 | 26.2 | 10.4 | City: Small |
| Ray D. Molo Middle Magnet School Lake Charles | 6–8 | Regular | 265 | 29.8 | 8.9 | City: Small |
| Oak Park Elementary School Lake Charles | PK–5 | Regular | 259 | 25.1 | 10.3 | City: Small |
| Vinton High School Vinton | 9–12 | Regular | 242 | 26.2 | 9.3 | Rural: Distant |
| DeQuincy Primary School DeQuincy | PK–2 | Regular | 239 | 18.3 | 13.1 | Rural: Distant |
| DeQuincy Elementary School DeQuincy | 3–5 | Regular | 222 | 15.4 | 14.4 | Rural: Distant |
| Pearl Watson Elementary School Lake Charles | PK–5 | Regular | 219 | 20.0 | 11 | City: Small |
| DeQuincy Middle School DeQuincy | 6–8 | Regular | 208 | 19.5 | 10.7 | Rural: Distant |
| Vinton Middle School Vinton | 6–8 | Regular | 191 | 21.1 | 9 | Rural: Distant |
| Barbe Elementary School Lake Charles | PK–5 | Regular | 179 | 15.5 | 11.5 | City: Small |
| T. H. Watkins Elementary School Lake Charles | K–5 | Regular | 165 | 16.5 | 10 | City: Small |
| John J. Johnson II Elementary School Lake Charles | PK–2 | Regular | 131 | 12.1 | 10.9 | City: Small |
| Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School Lake Charles | 3–5 | Regular | 92 | 12.5 | 7.4 | City: Small |
| Jake Drost School for Exceptional Children Sulphur | PK–12 | Special Education | 19 | 3.5 | 5.4 | Suburb: Midsize |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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