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Alumni: what's one memory from F. K. White Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
614
Middle
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033000280
F. K. White Middle School
1000 E McNeese, Lake Charles, LA 70607 · (337) 217-4810 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Louisiana public middle schools
- BTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
386 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 206 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 204 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 204 | 33% |
Student demographics
68%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
48.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +14.0pp since 2022
Math
32.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 14 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 48.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 F. K. White Middle School
F. K. White Middle School's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| F. K. White Middle School this school | 614 | 62.9% | 34.0% |
| Andrew Jackson Middle School Chalmette | 546 | 67.8% | 31.3% |
| Scott Middle School Scott | 629 | 63.9% | 28.3% |
| Cope Middle School Bossier City | 752 | 58.5% | 33.2% |
| Judice Middle School Duson | 442 | 61.1% | 34.5% |
| Woodlawn Middle School Baton Rouge | 807 | 67.8% | 30.0% |
Matched among Louisiana middle 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 F. K. White Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #89 of 213 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #93 of 210 ▲ 3 | #8 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #70 of 213 ▲ 31 | #7 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #15 of 197 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #51 of 220 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.8:1 | #6 of 195 | #1 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #9 of 195 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.9% | #135 of 214 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #37 of 40 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
614
-66 (-10%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 979
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 614 | 69.9 | 8.8:1 | 63% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 645 | 60 | 10.7:1 | 69% (448) |
| 2022-23 | 661 | 45 | 14.7:1 | 67% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 680 | 45 | 15.1:1 | 92% (623) |
| 2017-18 | 604 | 44.2 | 13.7:1 | 41% (248) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | N/A | N/A | 47% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 579 | 47 | 12.3:1 | 68% (395) |
| 2000-01 | 772 | 47 | 16.4:1 | 52% (401) |
| 1990-91 | 979 | 48 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for F. K. White Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (604 to 614); teachers up 58% (44.2 to 69.9).
About F. K. White Middle School
F. K. White Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Calcasieu Parish, located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 614 students. Against the 440-student average for middle schools in Louisiana, enrollment here is 40% higher.
Calcasieu Parish is the local district for F. K. White Middle School. It runs 56 schools with 27,851 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at F. K. White Middle School is Black (44%). Other students are 27% White, 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 23% Black share among all Calcasieu Parish residents. The chance that two students picked at random at F. K. White Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
The school employs the equivalent of 69.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 8.8:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Louisiana is 41.0:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at F. K. White Middle School is 63%.
Measured against Louisiana public middle schools, F. K. White Middle School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, F. K. White Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.0%; the prediction is 39.1%.
In the county around the school, Calcasieu Parish, median household income is about $67,564, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. A total of 61 public schools operate in Calcasieu Parish, serving about 30,278 students.
The closest other public school is Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. F. K. White Middle School ranks 2nd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 34.0% against a local average of 25.1%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 614 was 10% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 680. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 8.8:1, from 15.1:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at F. K. White Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy0.7 mi · 852
- Dolby Elementary School0.9 mi · 360
- Brentwood Elementary School1.0 mi · 272
- Henry Heights Elementary School1.1 mi · 315
- LaGrange High School1.4 mi · 881
- M. J. Kaufman Elementary School1.4 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About F. K. White Middle SchoolHow many students attend F. K. White Middle School?
F. K. White Middle School enrolls approximately 614 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does F. K. White Middle School serve?
F. K. White Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does F. K. White Middle School have?
F. K. White Middle School employs 70 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at F. K. White Middle School?
At F. K. White Middle School, the student body is approximately 27% White, 21% Hispanic, 44% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees F. K. White Middle School?
F. K. White Middle School is overseen by Calcasieu Parish in Calcasieu Parish.
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