LeBleu Settlement Elementary School

LeBleu Settlement Elementary School is one of the medium-sized elementary campuss in Lake Charles, Louisiana, run under Calcasieu Parish, with 386 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Calcasieu Parish runs 56 schools in total, collectively educating 27,851 students. LeBleu Settlement Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, LeBleu Settlement Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 15% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, LeBleu Settlement Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, LeBleu Settlement Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 45.7%; this one delivers 68.0%, a residual of +22.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Calcasieu Parish reports that median household income runs about $67,564, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Calcasieu Parish's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students), LeBleu Settlement Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Iowa High School, around 4.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LeBleu Settlement Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 27.4%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 19%: 475 students in 2018 compared to 386 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 84% to 77% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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