Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy

Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy operates as a sizable primary school in Lake Charles, Louisiana, operated by Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy. Current enrollment sits at 852 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 88% larger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Operationally, Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy answers to Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy logs that Black students make up the majority at 69%; the rest breaks down as 22% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Calcasieu Parish as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Calcasieu Parish (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, 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%. Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy is one of 61 public schools in Calcasieu Parish (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students).

Nearest neighbor: F. K. White Middle School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy has climbed 54%, going from 553 students in 2018 to 852 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 85% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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