Total enrollment
27,851
-81 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
58 schools in Calcasieu Parish
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Calcasieu Parish's public-school count of 58 reflects a system enrolling about 27,851 students inside Louisiana, broken out as 33 elementary, 11 middle, and 9 high.
4-year change in Calcasieu Parish
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
56
-2 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Calcasieu Parish ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Louisiana | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #10 of 54 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 27,851 | #6 of 69 | #253 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 56 | #4 of 69 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #19 of 69 | #2,080 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 56.5% | #57 of 69 | #3,265 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #18 of 65 | #1,731 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Calcasieu Parish
State test results across the district's 43 scored schools run from T. S. Cooley Elementary Magnet School at 90.0% proficient to Fairview Elementary School at 13.2%, a gap of 76.8 points. That is the 4th widest gap among 55 Louisiana districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 56 district schools that reported both years went from 31,951 to 27,851 students (down 13%) and from 1,934 to 2,300 full-time teachers (up 19%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Calcasieu Parish
Calcasieu Parish is a moderately sized Louisiana school district running 58 schools with combined enrollment near 27,851.
For a sense of the school types, Calcasieu Parish covers 33 elementary, 11 middle, 9 high schools, and 5 combined or other.
Over the past 4-year window. Combined enrollment now sits at 27,851 students, stayed largely flat from the 27,932 reported in SY 2020-21. The school count fell from 58 to 56 across the same 4-year window.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Calcasieu Parish discusses sports rivalries, cross-district programs, and shared facilities. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.