Westlake High School

Westlake High School is a secondary school of compact scale in Westlake, Louisiana, one of the schools within Calcasieu Parish, serveing 487 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 32% below the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 711 students.

Across the 56 schools in Calcasieu Parish (27,851 students total), Westlake High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Westlake High School logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 16% Black, 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Calcasieu Parish as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Calcasieu Parish's rate of about 59%.

In the surrounding community, Calcasieu Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $67,564, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Calcasieu Parish's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students), Westlake High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Western Heights Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Westlake High School.

Westlake High School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Westlake High School has fell 9%, going from 534 students in 2018 to 487 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 26% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.