Lake Charles Charter Academy

Located at 3160 Power Center Parkway, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Lake Charles Charter Academy is an expansive elementary-level community that works with 951 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under Lake Charles Charter Academy Foundation Inc.. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 110% bigger than typical.

Operationally, Lake Charles Charter Academy answers to Lake Charles Charter Academy Foundation Inc., which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Lake Charles Charter Academy logs that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Lake Charles Charter Academy shows 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Lake Charles Charter Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Calcasieu Parish's rate of about 59%.

With demographic context factored in, Lake Charles Charter Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Calcasieu Parish put median household income runs about $67,564, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Calcasieu Parish's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students), Lake Charles Charter Academy is one campus in the mix.

Lake Charles College Prep is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lake Charles Charter Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 18.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting. Lake Charles Charter Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 9%: 873 students in 2018 compared to 951 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 9% to 2%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.