Enrollment
165
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033000273
T. H. Watkins Elementary School
2501 Seventh Avenue, Lake Charles, LA 70601 · (337) 217-4590 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL165 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- CTest 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
10.0:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
150 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 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (24).
Student demographics
20%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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
22.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
13.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 10 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 22.0% | 13.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 T. H. Watkins Elementary School
T. H. Watkins Elementary School's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| T. H. Watkins Elementary School this school | 165 | 90.9% | 23.0% |
| Belle Rose Primary School Belle Rose | 155 | 89.0% | 13.8% |
| Atkins Technology Elementary School Shreveport | 189 | 92.1% | 10.3% |
| Swayze Elementary School Monroe | 175 | 92.0% | 14.8% |
| Delhi Elementary School Delhi | 167 | 94.6% | 7.5% |
| West St. John Elementary School (K-7) Edgard | 188 | 88.8% | 18.5% |
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 T. H. Watkins Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #406 of 583 | #21 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #524 of 582 ▼ 145 | #31 of 31 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #509 of 587 ▼ 137 | #27 of 31 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.5pp | #99 of 540 | #5 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 165 | #678 of 714 | #33 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.9% | #110 of 705 | #4 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.5% | #41 of 436 | #5 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
165
-39 (-19%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 274
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 165 | 16.5 | 10.0:1 | 91% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 186 | 16.4 | 11.4:1 | 89% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 199 | 14.6 | 13.7:1 | 87% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 204 | 18 | 11.3:1 | 98% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 256 | 15 | 17.1:1 | 64% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 261 | N/A | N/A | 64% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 312 | 21 | 14.9:1 | 95% (295) |
| 2000-01 | 305 | 22 | 13.9:1 | 84% (255) |
| 1990-91 | 274 | 17 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for T. H. Watkins Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (256 to 165); teachers up 10% (15 to 16.5).
About T. H. Watkins Elementary School
T. H. Watkins Elementary School operates as a very small elementary school in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Enrollment totals 165 students across kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll around 453, and this school is 64% below that mark.
The district for T. H. Watkins Elementary School is Calcasieu Parish, with 56 schools and 27,851 students.
Black students are 89% of those enrolled at T. H. Watkins Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 4% multiracial, 4% White, and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Calcasieu Parish's population at about 23%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 20%.
For every teacher at T. H. Watkins Elementary School, there are about 10.0 students; the school has 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 150 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 91% of enrollment. It compares with 59% for public schools in Calcasieu Parish.
On the allk12 Grade, T. H. Watkins Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 39% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for T. H. Watkins Elementary School is +4.2 points: 23.0% actual, 18.8% predicted.
For the population of Calcasieu Parish, the median household earns about $67,564 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Across Calcasieu Parish, 61 public schools serve about 30,278 students.
Of the public schools around it, T. H. Watkins Elementary School is closest to Oak Park Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. T. H. Watkins Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts T. H. Watkins Elementary School at 2nd of 7.
T. H. Watkins Elementary School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 165, compared with 204 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 11.3:1 to 10.0:1.
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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
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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
Nearby schools
- Oak Park Middle School0.4 mi · 388
- Oak Park Elementary School0.5 mi · 259
- Lake Charles College Prep1.4 mi · 624
- Pearl Watson Elementary School1.4 mi · 219
- LaGrange High School1.5 mi · 881
- Fairview Elementary School1.6 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About T. H. Watkins Elementary SchoolHow many students attend T. H. Watkins Elementary School?
T. H. Watkins Elementary School enrolls approximately 165 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does T. H. Watkins Elementary School serve?
T. H. Watkins Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at T. H. Watkins Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at T. H. Watkins Elementary School is approximately 10.0:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at T. H. Watkins Elementary School?
Student demographics at T. H. Watkins Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 3% Hispanic, 89% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is T. H. Watkins Elementary School in?
T. H. Watkins Elementary School is part of Calcasieu Parish.
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