Combre-Fondel Elementary School

As an average-sized K-5 school in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Combre-Fondel Elementary School instructs 426 students from grades K through 5, operated by Calcasieu Parish.

Combre-Fondel Elementary School is one of 56 schools operated by Calcasieu Parish, a district that enrolls 27,851 students overall.

Demographically, Combre-Fondel Elementary School shows that nearly all students (94%) are Black; the rest consists of 2% White. By comparison, Calcasieu Parish as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. The state averages about 14.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 86% of students at Combre-Fondel Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Calcasieu Parish runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Combre-Fondel Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.8%, the actual is 20.0%, a residual of -2.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Calcasieu Parish indicate median household income runs about $67,564, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Combre-Fondel Elementary School is one of 61 public schools in Calcasieu Parish (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students).

The closest other public school is Ray D. Molo Middle Magnet School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Combre-Fondel Elementary School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.7%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Combre-Fondel Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 145% since 2018, when it stood at 174 (now 426).

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