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Calcasieu Parish

Lake Charles, Louisiana · Public school district · #6 of 65 Louisiana districts by enrollment

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27,851

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$18,914

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 43% above the Louisiana median

12.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Louisiana median 13.2

Calcasieu Parish is a public school district based in Lake Charles, Louisiana, serving 27,851 students in 56 schools. By enrollment it ranks #6 of the 65 Louisiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 92% of them. Its schools average 497 students each, more than the Louisiana median of 445. It spends about $18,914 per student on day-to-day operations, 43% more than the Louisiana median. It has roughly 12.1 students per teacher.

How Calcasieu Parish compares

Calcasieu ParishLouisiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$18,914

Louisiana median $13,259 · 43% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,330

Louisiana median $7,386 · 13% above · FY2020-21

Students per school497

Louisiana median 445 · 12% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.1

Louisiana median 13.2 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor348

Louisiana median 444 · 22% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$482.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 27%Local 62%

Measure	Calcasieu Parish	Louisiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$18,914	$13,259	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,330	$7,386	FY2020-21
Total spending	$566.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$482.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	2,300	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	4,025	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.1	13.2	2024-25
Students per counselor	348	444	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Louisiana median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Louisiana

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Caddo ParishShreveport	32,165	56	$12,870	15.2	#4
Lafayette ParishLafayette	29,396	45	$11,366	17.6	#5
Calcasieu ParishLake Charles · this district	27,851	56	$18,914	12.1	#6
Livingston ParishLivingston	26,499	43	$11,124	14.9	#7
Ascension ParishDonaldsonville	23,743	32	$12,552	13.5	#8

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Boulder Valley School District No. Re2Boulder, CO	27,988	$14,027	17.6
Arlington County Public SchoolsArlington, VA	27,950	$20,023	12.8
Bay CountyPanama City, FL	27,558	$10,549	17.1
Onslow County SchoolsJacksonville, NC	27,551	$10,233	15.7

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-la-calcasieu-parish