Calcasieu Parish Schools
Calcasieu Parish is a public school district in Louisiana, based in Calcasieu Parish (Lake Charles). SchoolGrade grades 58 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Calcasieu Parish on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Calcasieu Parish
52 of 58 schools in Calcasieu Parish carry a SchoolGrade (6 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 3B: 10C: 17D: 15F: 7
Best schools in Calcasieu Parish
Statewide rankings: all 310 high schools in Louisiana · all 182 middle schools in Louisiana · all 643 elementary schools in Louisiana
The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A+ T S Cooley Elementary Magnet School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A- Vincent Settlement Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A- Prien Lake Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B+ Lebleu Settlement Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- B Frasch Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- B Cypress Cove Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- B Dolby Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- B Moss Bluff Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- B Sam Houston High School (High school, doesn't meet expectations)
- B Bell City High School (K-12 school, doesn't meet expectations)
Every school in Calcasieu Parish
High schools (11)
- B- Alfred M Barbe High School, Lake Charles
- B Bell City High School, Bell City
- C- Dequincy High School, Dequincy
- C Iowa High School, Iowa
- D- Lagrange High School, Lake Charles
- B Sam Houston High School, Lake Charles
- D+ Starks High School, Starks
- B- Sulphur High School, Sulphur
- D+ Vinton High School, Vinton
- F Washingtonmarion Magnet High School, Lake Charles
- C+ Westlake High School, Westlake
Middle and junior high schools (11)
- D Dequincy Middle School, Dequincy
- C F K White Middle School, Lake Charles
- C+ Leblanc Middle School, Sulphur
- C+ Maplewood Middle School, Sulphur
- C+ Moss Bluff Middle School, Lake Charles
- D- Oak Park Middle School, Lake Charles
- F Ray D Molo Middle Magnet School, Lake Charles
- C S J Welsh Middle School, Lake Charles
- C+ S P Arnett Middle School, Westlake
- D+ Vinton Middle School, Vinton
- C+ W W Lewis Middle School, Sulphur
Elementary and primary schools (35)
- B- A A Nelson Elementary School, Lake Charles
- D- Barbe Elementary School, Lake Charles
- D- Brentwood Elementary School, Lake Charles
- D- College Oaks Elementary School, Lake Charles
- F Combre Fondel Elementary School, Lake Charles
- B Cypress Cove Elementary School, Sulphur
- D+ Dequincy Elementary School, Dequincy
- Dequincy Primary School, Dequincy
- B Dolby Elementary School, Lake Charles
- C+ E K Key Elementary School, Sulphur
- F Fairview Elementary School, Lake Charles
- B Frasch Elementary School, Sulphur
- C Gillis Elementary School, Lake Charles
- D Henry Heights Elementary School, Lake Charles
- D+ J I Watson Elementary School, Iowa
- Jessie D Clifton Elementary School, Lake Charles
- John F Kennedy Elementary School, Lake Charles
- John J Johnson Ii Elementary School, Lake Charles
- B+ Lebleu Settlement Elementary School, Lake Charles
- D M J Kaufman Elementary School, Lake Charles
- C- Maplewood Elementary, Sulphur
- B Moss Bluff Elementary School, Lake Charles
- F Oak Park Elementary School, Lake Charles
- F Pearl Watson Elementary School, Lake Charles
- A- Prien Lake Elementary School, Lake Charles
- F Ralph F Wilson Elementary School, Lake Charles
- C- Richard W Vincent Elementary School, Sulphur
- C+ St John Elementary School, Lake Charles
- D+ T H Watkins Elementary School, Lake Charles
- A+ T S Cooley Elementary Magnet School, Lake Charles
- A- Vincent Settlement Elementary School, Sulphur
- C- Vinton Elementary School, Vinton
- D+ W T Henning Elementary School, Sulphur
- C+ Western Heights Elementary School, Westlake
- Westwood Elementary School, Westlake
Other schools and academies (1)
Where Calcasieu Parish schools are
About this district
- State: Best schools in Louisiana
- County: Calcasieu Parish
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: small city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 29,282 students with 2,278 full-time-equivalent teachers and 4,019 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 2200330
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Cameron Parish (5 schools, 27 mi)
- Beauregard Parish (12 schools, 29 mi)
- Jefferson Davis Parish (12 schools, 32 mi)
- Allen Parish (11 schools, 43 mi)
- Acadia Parish (26 schools, 57 mi)
- Vernon Parish (18 schools, 61 mi)
- Evangeline Parish (11 schools, 66 mi)
- Vermilion Parish (20 schools, 68 mi)
Questions about Calcasieu Parish
How many schools are in Calcasieu Parish?
SchoolGrade grades 58 public schools in Calcasieu Parish, across 8 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Calcasieu Parish serve?
The largest by graded schools: Lake Charles, Sulphur, Dequincy, Westlake, Vinton and 3 more.
How good are the schools in Calcasieu Parish?
Across the 52 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is C-, with 30.6% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 33%. 54% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Calcasieu Parish?
29,282 students were enrolled in Calcasieu Parish in the 2023-24 school year, about 12.9 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Calcasieu Parish?
Calcasieu Parish is in Louisiana, based in Calcasieu Parish, with its district office in Lake Charles. Its boundary covers about 1,064 sq mi.