Enrollment
308
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033000240
M. J. Kaufman Elementary School
301 Tekel Road, Lake Charles, LA 70607 · (337) 217-4740 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL308 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
10.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
253 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 33 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
65%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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
48.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +3.0pp since 2022
Math
35.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +7.0pp 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 35 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 48.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
33.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.2%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 M. J. Kaufman Elementary School
M. J. Kaufman Elementary School's state test result (33.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| M. J. Kaufman Elementary School this school | 308 | 82.1% | 33.7% |
| North Crowley Elementary School Crowley | 254 | 83.1% | 20.0% |
| Boley Elementary School West Monroe | 279 | 78.9% | 52.3% |
| East Elementary School Eunice | 310 | 86.1% | 43.2% |
| Grand Coteau Elementary School Grand Coteau | 269 | 77.7% | 32.5% |
| Raceland Upper Elementary School Raceland | 302 | 78.1% | 42.3% |
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 M. J. Kaufman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #284 of 583 | #17 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #278 of 582 ▼ 13 | #18 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #212 of 587 ▲ 22 | #18 of 31 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #124 of 540 | #7 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 308 | #529 of 714 | #22 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #43 of 655 | #2 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #80 of 655 | #2 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.1% | #246 of 705 | #11 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #102 of 436 | #10 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
308
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 304
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 308 | 30.6 | 10.1:1 | 82% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 25.3 | 11.8:1 | 80% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 17.8 | 16.5:1 | 79% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 314 | 22 | 14.3:1 | 95% (297) |
| 2017-18 | 418 | 25.4 | 16.4:1 | 48% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 39 | 11.2:1 | 57% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 25 | 13.3:1 | 81% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 283 | 20 | 14.2:1 | 58% (165) |
| 1990-91 | 304 | 18 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for M. J. Kaufman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (418 to 308); teachers up 20% (25.4 to 30.6).
About M. J. Kaufman Elementary School
M. J. Kaufman Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The school enrolls 308 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Louisiana is about 453, so this school runs 32% smaller than that.
Calcasieu Parish is the local district for M. J. Kaufman Elementary School. It runs 56 schools with 27,851 students.
Enrollment at M. J. Kaufman Elementary School is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 43%. Beyond that, enrollment is 38% White, 9% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. In Calcasieu Parish overall, about 23% of residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at M. J. Kaufman Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
Teachers at the school number 30.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.1:1. The 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Calcasieu Parish, the average is 59%.
The allk12 Grade for M. J. Kaufman Elementary School is B+. Compared with Louisiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 66% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For M. J. Kaufman Elementary School, the prediction is 25.2% and the result is 33.7%.
In the county around the school, Calcasieu Parish, median household income is about $67,564, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. M. J. Kaufman Elementary School is among the 61 public schools in Calcasieu Parish.
The nearest public school is Dolby Elementary School, at about 0.9 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, M. J. Kaufman Elementary School is 5th among 8 schools close by.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's size has been steady, with 314 students in 2020-21 and 308 in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.3 to 10.1 over 4 years.
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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
- Dolby Elementary School0.9 mi · 360
- A. A. Nelson Elementary School1.3 mi · 736
- F. K. White Middle School1.4 mi · 614
- Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy1.8 mi · 852
- S. J. Welsh Middle School2.1 mi · 1,011
- Brentwood Elementary School2.4 mi · 272
Frequently asked questions
About M. J. Kaufman Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at M. J. Kaufman Elementary School?
M. J. Kaufman Elementary School enrolls approximately 308 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does M. J. Kaufman Elementary School serve?
M. J. Kaufman Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at M. J. Kaufman Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at M. J. Kaufman Elementary School is approximately 10.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is M. J. Kaufman Elementary School?
M. J. Kaufman Elementary School reports a student body of 38% White, 8% Hispanic, 43% Black, 9% Two or more.
Is M. J. Kaufman Elementary School public or private?
M. J. Kaufman Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Calcasieu Parish.
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