Enrollment
374
Middle
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033000214
S. P. Arnett Middle School
400 Sulphur Ave, Westlake, LA 70669 · (337) 217-4630 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of Louisiana public middle 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.
- A+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
194 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 129 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 127 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 118 | 32% |
Student demographics
43%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
52.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
46.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +17.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 7 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 17 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 S. P. Arnett Middle School
S. P. Arnett Middle School's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. P. Arnett Middle School this school | 374 | 51.9% | 45.5% |
| Lockport Middle School Lockport | 331 | 52.6% | 50.5% |
| Abita Springs Middle School Abita Springs | 435 | 47.8% | 48.0% |
| Creekside Junior High Pearl River | 447 | 56.2% | 31.0% |
| Rene A. Rost Middle School Kaplan | 360 | 59.4% | 39.7% |
| LeBlanc Middle School Sulphur | 366 | 59.8% | 34.3% |
Matched among Louisiana middle 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 S. P. Arnett Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #46 of 213 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #44 of 210 ▼ 18 | #4 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #61 of 213 ▼ 4 | #5 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #11 of 197 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #115 of 220 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #80 of 195 | #10 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.1% | #136 of 195 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.9% | #171 of 214 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #138 of 162 | #9 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
374
+16 (+4%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 599
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 374 | 28.9 | 13.0:1 | 52% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 26.5 | 14.3:1 | 52% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 22.7 | 16.3:1 | 55% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 23 | 15.6:1 | 65% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 23.8 | 16.8:1 | 51% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | N/A | N/A | 56% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 60% (260) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 38% (161) |
| 1990-91 | 599 | 32 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for S. P. Arnett Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (400 to 374); teachers up 21% (23.8 to 28.9).
About S. P. Arnett Middle School
Westlake, Louisiana, is home to S. P. Arnett Middle School, a mid-sized middle school. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 374 students.
Calcasieu Parish counts 27,851 students in its 56 schools, and S. P. Arnett Middle School is one of them.
The share of White students at S. P. Arnett Middle School is 74%, a majority. The remaining students are 13% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Calcasieu Parish is about 66% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at S. P. Arnett Middle School comes to 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.0:1. The school's 13.0:1 compares with an average of 41.0:1 for middle schools in Louisiana. On the income side, 52% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, S. P. Arnett Middle School lands at A-, ahead of 82% of Louisiana public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, S. P. Arnett Middle School is 1.5 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 45.5% actual, 47.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Louisiana.
Looking at the county, Calcasieu Parish, the median household earns about $67,564 a year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting S. P. Arnett Middle School, Calcasieu Parish has 61 public schools.
Westwood Elementary School is about 0.9 miles from S. P. Arnett Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around S. P. Arnett Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 42.7%, lower than S. P. Arnett Middle School's 45.5%.
S. P. Arnett Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Mid-size.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% increase, from 358 to 374. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.6:1 to 13.0:1.
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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 Westlake
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 487 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 412 students
- Western Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
Nearby schools
- Westwood Elementary School0.9 mi · 412
- Western Heights Elementary School1.2 mi · 343
- Westlake High School1.4 mi · 487
- Barbe Elementary School2.9 mi · 179
- Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School3.1 mi · 92
- Pearl Watson Elementary School3.3 mi · 219
Frequently asked questions
About S. P. Arnett Middle SchoolHow many students attend S. P. Arnett Middle School?
S. P. Arnett Middle School enrolls approximately 374 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does S. P. Arnett Middle School serve?
S. P. Arnett Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does S. P. Arnett Middle School have?
S. P. Arnett Middle School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at S. P. Arnett Middle School?
At S. P. Arnett Middle School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 8% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is S. P. Arnett Middle School public or private?
S. P. Arnett Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Calcasieu Parish.
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