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Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033001543
LeBleu Settlement Elementary School
6509 Hwy 3059, Lake Charles, LA 70615 · (337) 217-4880 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
207 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
38%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
65.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
56.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 65.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 70.0% | 55.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 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 LeBleu Settlement Elementary School
LeBleu Settlement Elementary School's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LeBleu Settlement Elementary School this school | 386 | 53.6% | 66.8% |
| Jena Elementary School Jena | 381 | 53.3% | N/A |
| Central Elementary School Dubberly | 427 | 54.3% | 36.2% |
| Western Heights Elementary School Westlake | 343 | 56.6% | 44.0% |
| Lockport Lower Elementary School Lockport | 429 | 55.9% | N/A |
| Branch Elementary School Branch | 374 | 58.8% | 35.0% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary 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 LeBleu Settlement Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #26 of 583 | #4 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #77 of 582 ▼ 40 | #4 of 31 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #55 of 587 ▼ 25 | #4 of 31 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #193 of 540 | #13 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #417 of 714 | #16 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #416 of 655 | #24 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.9% | #449 of 655 | #21 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.6% | #591 of 705 | #29 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #181 of 436 | #15 of 29 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
386
-14 (-4%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 436
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 386 | 27.4 | 14.1:1 | 54% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 27.8 | 15.0:1 | 53% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 52% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 24 | 16.7:1 | 88% (350) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 54% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 37 | 12.3:1 | 62% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 68% (295) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LeBleu Settlement Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (475 to 386); teachers down 6% (29 to 27.4).
About LeBleu Settlement Elementary School
In Lake Charles, Louisiana, LeBleu Settlement Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 386 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Calcasieu Parish operates 56 schools. Combined enrollment is 27,851 students.
Roughly 77% of students at LeBleu Settlement Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 15% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Among people living in Calcasieu Parish, the White share is about 66%. Pick two students at random and there is a 38% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at LeBleu Settlement Elementary School was 14.1:1. That is close to the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 54%.
The allk12 Grade for LeBleu Settlement Elementary School is A+. Compared with Louisiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
LeBleu Settlement Elementary School is a top-10% school in Louisiana on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests of 45.8% with an actual 66.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Calcasieu Parish show that the median household income is $67,564, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. There are 61 public schools in Calcasieu Parish, enrolling about 30,278 students in all.
Iowa High School is the closest public school, about 4.5 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within ten miles number at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, LeBleu Settlement Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, LeBleu Settlement Elementary School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 14 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.7:1 to 14.1:1.
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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
- Iowa High School4.5 mi · 1,007
- J. I. Watson Elementary School5.0 mi · 531
- Washington/Marion Magnet High School5.7 mi · 597
- Ray D. Molo Middle Magnet School6.3 mi · 265
- Combre-Fondel Elementary School6.5 mi · 426
- John J. Johnson II Elementary School6.7 mi · 131
Frequently asked questions
About LeBleu Settlement Elementary SchoolHow large is LeBleu Settlement Elementary School?
LeBleu Settlement Elementary School enrolls approximately 386 students in grades PK-05.
Is LeBleu Settlement Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
LeBleu Settlement Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at LeBleu Settlement Elementary School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at LeBleu Settlement Elementary School.
How diverse is LeBleu Settlement Elementary School?
LeBleu Settlement Elementary School reports a student body of 77% White, 3% Hispanic, 15% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees LeBleu Settlement Elementary School?
LeBleu Settlement Elementary School is overseen by Calcasieu Parish in Calcasieu Parish.
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