Lake Charles College Prep

Lake Charles College Prep is an average-sized 9-12 campus in Lake Charles, Louisiana, overseen by Lake Charles College Prep. The school works with 624 students in grades 9 through 12.

Lake Charles College Prep sits inside Lake Charles College Prep, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Lake Charles College Prep reports that 88% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Lake Charles College Prep has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Calcasieu Parish runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, Calcasieu Parish reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,564 per year, 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 College Prep is one campus in the mix.

Lake Charles Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lake Charles College Prep.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. As a public charter, Lake Charles College Prep runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 40%: 447 students in 2018 compared to 624 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 6% to 1% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.