Enrollment
259
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033000256
Oak Park Elementary School
2001 18th Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601 · (337) 217-4850 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL259 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
10.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
220 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
11%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
13.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -19.0pp since 2022
Math
17.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 19 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 13.0% | 17.0% |
| 2024-25 | 18.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
17.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Oak Park Elementary School
Oak Park Elementary School's state test result (17.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Park Elementary School this school | 259 | 84.9% | 17.0% |
| CSAL Elementary Baton Rouge | 288 | 84.7% | 26.0% |
| Bernard Terrace Elementary School Baton Rouge | 240 | 87.1% | 20.0% |
| Jackson Elementary School Jackson | 244 | 86.1% | 12.2% |
| Crawford Elementary School Arcadia | 278 | 89.9% | 33.5% |
| Greenbrier Elementary School Baton Rouge | 317 | 88.3% | 29.5% |
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 Oak Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #489 of 583 | #28 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #473 of 582 ▲ 18 | #28 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #571 of 587 ▼ 20 | #31 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.5pp | #75 of 540 | #3 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 259 | #589 of 714 | #28 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #52 of 655 | #3 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.1% | #614 of 655 | #31 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.9% | #204 of 705 | #8 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.1% | #18 of 436 | #3 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
259
-37 (-12%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 380
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 259 | 25.1 | 10.3:1 | 85% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 23.6 | 11.2:1 | 87% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 23.7 | 10.4:1 | 87% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 97% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 447 | 30 | 14.9:1 | 64% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | N/A | N/A | 70% (308) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 90% (388) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 23 | 16.3:1 | 82% (308) |
| 1990-91 | 380 | 23 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (447 to 259); teachers down 16% (30 to 25.1).
About Oak Park Elementary School
Students in Lake Charles, Louisiana, attend Oak Park Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. It reported 259 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Louisiana have about 453 students on average; enrollment here is 43% lower.
Calcasieu Parish oversees Oak Park Elementary School and 55 other schools, with 27,851 students in total.
At Oak Park Elementary School, 94% of students are Black. Smaller groups are 2% White and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Calcasieu Parish is roughly 23% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Oak Park Elementary School scores 11%.
Based on 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, Oak Park Elementary School has a ratio of 10.3:1. Compared with the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 85%. It compares with 59% for public schools in Calcasieu Parish.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Oak Park Elementary School outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Oak Park Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 17.0%; the prediction is 23.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Calcasieu Parish show that median household income comes to 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%. The county's public schools total 61, with about 30,278 students.
Among nearby public schools, Oak Park Middle School is closest at about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 31.4%, higher than Oak Park Elementary School's 17.0%.
For locale, NCES codes Oak Park Elementary School as City: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Oak Park Elementary School had a net loss of 37 students, or 12%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.1:1 in 2020-21, and 10.3:1 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
- 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
Other Oak Park Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 8 states are named Oak Park Elementary. Oak Park Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 11.
- OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBAY SHORE, NY · 678 students
- Oak Park ElementarySan Diego, CA · 545 students
- Oak Park Elementary SchoolLansdale, PA · 526 students
- Oak Park Elementary SchoolDecatur, AL · 481 students
- OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTITUSVILLE, FL · 473 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Park Middle School0.4 mi · 388
- T. H. Watkins Elementary School0.5 mi · 165
- LaGrange High School1.1 mi · 881
- Pearl Watson Elementary School1.2 mi · 219
- T. S. Cooley Elementary Magnet School1.2 mi · 300
- Henry Heights Elementary School1.3 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Oak Park Elementary School?
Oak Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 259 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Oak Park Elementary School serve?
Oak Park Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Oak Park Elementary School?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Oak Park Elementary School.
How diverse is Oak Park Elementary School?
Oak Park Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 1% Hispanic, 94% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Oak Park Elementary School?
Oak Park Elementary School is overseen by Calcasieu Parish in Calcasieu Parish.
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