Moss Bluff Elementary School

Moss Bluff Elementary School is one of the big primary schools in Lake Charles, Louisiana, overseen by Calcasieu Parish, with 969 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 114% bigger than typical.

Across the 56 schools in Calcasieu Parish (27,851 students total), Moss Bluff Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Moss Bluff Elementary School logs that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% Black, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Calcasieu Parish's rate of about 59%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Moss Bluff Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 51.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Calcasieu Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,564 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Calcasieu Parish runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students), of which Moss Bluff Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sam Houston High School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Moss Bluff Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Moss Bluff Elementary School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 23.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Moss Bluff Elementary School has showed little movement, going from 976 students in 2018 to 969 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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