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Alumni: what's one memory from Combre-Fondel Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
426
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033000261
Combre-Fondel Elementary School
2115 Fitzenrieter Rd., Lake Charles, LA 70601 · (337) 217-4890 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
365 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
34.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
28.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 34.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 20.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Combre-Fondel Elementary School
Combre-Fondel Elementary School's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combre-Fondel Elementary School this school | 426 | 85.7% | 22.0% |
| Summer Grove Elementary School Shreveport | 403 | 86.8% | 13.5% |
| Cypress Point Elementary School Monroe | 431 | 89.8% | 21.2% |
| Elan Academy Charter School New Orleans | 436 | 85.1% | 20.2% |
| Westwood Elementary School Shreveport | 419 | 88.5% | 9.8% |
| Mansfield Elementary School Mansfield | 542 | 87.5% | 30.7% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Combre-Fondel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #422 of 583 | #22 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #337 of 582 ▲ 9 | #20 of 31 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #359 of 587 ▲ 53 | #22 of 31 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #112 of 540 | #6 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 426 | #359 of 714 | #13 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #396 of 655 | #23 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.3% | #613 of 655 | #30 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.7% | #191 of 705 | #6 of 34 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
426
+174 (+69%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 341
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 426 | 30.7 | 13.9:1 | 86% (365) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 82% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 24.5 | 14.6:1 | 86% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 252 | 20 | 12.6:1 | 97% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 174 | 12.5 | 13.9:1 | 73% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 172 | 20 | 8.6:1 | 82% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 26 | 14.3:1 | 98% (365) |
| 2000-01 | 359 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 87% (314) |
| 1990-91 | 341 | 20 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Combre-Fondel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 145% (174 to 426); teachers up 146% (12.5 to 30.7).
About Combre-Fondel Elementary School
Combre-Fondel Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Enrollment totals 426 students across kindergarten through 5.
Calcasieu Parish has 56 schools; together they serve 27,851 students.
Black students are 94% of those enrolled at Combre-Fondel Elementary School. The next largest groups are 2% White. In Calcasieu Parish overall, about 23% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 11% means there is an 11% chance two randomly chosen students at Combre-Fondel Elementary School are from different groups.
Staffing at Combre-Fondel Elementary School comes to 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. On the income side, 86% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Calcasieu Parish averages 59%, lower than here.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Combre-Fondel Elementary School outscored 38%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Combre-Fondel Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.0%; the prediction is 22.6%.
The county, Calcasieu Parish, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $67,564 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Calcasieu Parish has 61 public schools with about 30,278 students, including Combre-Fondel Elementary School.
Combre-Fondel Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Ray D. Molo Middle Magnet School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Combre-Fondel Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Combre-Fondel Elementary School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Combre-Fondel Elementary School had 252 students in 2020-21 and 426 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 12.6:1 in 2020-21 to 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Combre-Fondel Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Calcasieu Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,088
Census ACS
Median income
$67,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
30,278 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calcasieu Parish
- Sulphur High SchoolHigh · 1,911 students
- Alfred M. Barbe High SchoolHigh · 1,908 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 1,141 students
- S. J. Welsh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Iowa High SchoolHigh · 1,007 students
- Moss Bluff Elementary SchoolElementary · 969 students
Other schools in Lake Charles
- Alfred M. Barbe High SchoolHigh · 1,908 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 1,141 students
- S. J. Welsh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Moss Bluff Elementary SchoolElementary · 969 students
- Lake Charles Charter AcademyElementary · 951 students
- LaGrange High SchoolHigh · 881 students
Nearby schools
- Ray D. Molo Middle Magnet School0.7 mi · 265
- Washington/Marion Magnet High School1.3 mi · 597
- Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School1.7 mi · 92
- John J. Johnson II Elementary School2.2 mi · 131
- Moss Bluff Elementary School2.5 mi · 969
- Sam Houston High School2.8 mi · 1,141
Frequently asked questions
About Combre-Fondel Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Combre-Fondel Elementary School?
Combre-Fondel Elementary School enrolls approximately 426 students in grades KG-05.
Is Combre-Fondel Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Combre-Fondel Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Combre-Fondel Elementary School have?
Combre-Fondel Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Combre-Fondel Elementary School?
At Combre-Fondel Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 2% Hispanic, 94% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Combre-Fondel Elementary School?
Combre-Fondel Elementary School is overseen by Calcasieu Parish in Calcasieu Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.