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What's something Moss Bluff Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
969
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033000252
Moss Bluff Elementary School
215 School Street, Lake Charles, LA 70611 · (337) 217-4640 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL969 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
14.2:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
469 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 | 34 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 145 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 156 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 163 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 156 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 183 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (145) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (132).
Student demographics
39%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
50.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -7.0pp since 2022
Math
55.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 50.0% | 55.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
52.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Moss Bluff Elementary School
Moss Bluff Elementary School's state test result (52.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Bluff Elementary School this school | 969 | 48.4% | 52.2% |
| Lake Elementary School St. Amant | 1,096 | 45.5% | 52.3% |
| Vermilion Charter Academy Maurice | 919 | 50.2% | N/A |
| Loreauville Elementary School Loreauville | 679 | 51.0% | 49.3% |
| North DeSoto Upper Elementary School Stonewall | 807 | 41.4% | 47.8% |
| Gillis Elementary School Lake Charles | 650 | 53.7% | 47.0% |
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 Moss Bluff Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #94 of 583 | #6 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #84 of 582 ▼ 33 | #6 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #187 of 587 ▼ 68 | #13 of 31 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #172 of 540 | #12 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 969 | #16 of 714 | #1 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #419 of 655 | #25 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #440 of 655 | #20 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #625 of 705 | #30 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #426 of 436 | #29 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
969
+113 (+13%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 897
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 969 | 68.4 | 14.2:1 | 48% (469) |
| 2023-24 | 986 | 68.9 | 14.3:1 | 45% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 973 | 53.1 | 18.3:1 | 47% (456) |
| 2020-21 | 856 | 47 | 18.2:1 | 46% (393) |
| 2017-18 | 976 | 50.5 | 19.3:1 | 41% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 963 | 69 | 14.0:1 | 46% (439) |
| 2010-11 | 916 | 56 | 16.4:1 | 42% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 916 | 51 | 18.0:1 | 26% (242) |
| 1990-91 | 897 | 47 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moss Bluff Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (976 to 969); teachers up 35% (50.5 to 68.4).
About Moss Bluff Elementary School
Moss Bluff Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Louisiana, located in Lake Charles. The latest federal count shows 969 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is about 453 students, so this school is 114% bigger than average.
Moss Bluff Elementary School is run by Calcasieu Parish, whose 56 schools enroll 27,851 students.
Moss Bluff Elementary School's enrollment is 77% White. The next largest groups are 12% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. In Calcasieu Parish overall, about 66% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Moss Bluff Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 39%.
The school reported 68.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.2:1. Elementary schools in Louisiana average about 14.0:1, a similar figure. Eligible students account for 48% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Among public schools in Calcasieu Parish, the average eligibility rate is 59%.
The allk12 Grade for Moss Bluff Elementary School is B+. Compared with Louisiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 73% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Moss Bluff Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Louisiana is predicted to score 49.5%. Moss Bluff Elementary School scores 52.2%, 2.6 points above that line.
Census Bureau estimates for Calcasieu Parish show that median household income is about $67,564, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Moss Bluff Elementary School is one of 61 public schools in Calcasieu Parish, which together enroll about 30,278 students.
Of nearby public schools, Sam Houston High School is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Moss Bluff Elementary School is 1st of 5 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Mid-size: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Moss Bluff Elementary School went from 856 students to 969. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.2:1 in 2020-21 to 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- LaGrange High SchoolHigh · 881 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
- Lake Charles Charter AcademyElementary · 951 students
- LaGrange High SchoolHigh · 881 students
- Southwest Louisiana Charter AcademyElementary · 852 students
Nearby schools
- Sam Houston High School0.5 mi · 1,141
- Moss Bluff Middle School1.1 mi · 781
- Combre-Fondel Elementary School2.5 mi · 426
- Ray D. Molo Middle Magnet School3.2 mi · 265
- Washington/Marion Magnet High School3.7 mi · 597
- Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School4.0 mi · 92
Frequently asked questions
About Moss Bluff Elementary SchoolHow large is Moss Bluff Elementary School?
Moss Bluff Elementary School enrolls approximately 969 students in grades PK-05.
Is Moss Bluff Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Moss Bluff Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Moss Bluff Elementary School have?
Moss Bluff Elementary School employs 68 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Moss Bluff Elementary School?
At Moss Bluff Elementary School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 5% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Moss Bluff Elementary School public or private?
Moss Bluff Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Calcasieu Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.