Westwood Elementary School

Located at 1900 Sampson Street, in Westlake, Louisiana, Westwood Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that hosts 412 students (grades pre-K through 2), operated by Calcasieu Parish.

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

In terms of who attends, Westwood Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Calcasieu Parish overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Westwood Elementary School lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. The state averages about 14.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Calcasieu Parish indicate median household income runs about $67,564, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Calcasieu Parish's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students), Westwood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Westlake High School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 450 students in 2018 compared to 412 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 77% to 69% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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