Calcasieu Parish Public Schools

Calcasieu Parish School Board
Address
3310 Broad Street Calcasieu Parish Lake Charles, Louisiana , 70615 United States
District information
Type	Public School District
Motto	Building Foundations for the Future
Grades	PK–12 [1]
Established	July 16, 1877
Superintendent	Jason VanMetre [2]
Accreditation	Advanced Ed and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Budget	$355+ million (2013)
NCES District ID	2200330 [1]
Students and staff
Students	29,282 (2023–24) [1]
Teachers	2,278.59 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Staff	4,019.27 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Student–teacher ratio	12.85 [1]
Other information
Website	www.cpsb.org

The Calcasieu Parish School Board (CPSB) is a school district based in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. The CPSB operates all public schools in Calcasieu Parish, including the city of Lake Charles. The school district has a total of 58 schools (33 preschools, 38 elementary, 15 middle, 11 high).

Demographics

• Total students (as of the 2017–18 and 2018-19 years): 27,932
• Race/ethnicity
  • White: 57.1%
  • African American: 31.0%
  • American Indian or Alaskan Native: 0.3%
  • Hispanic/Latino: 6.7%
  • Asian or Asian Pacific Islander: 1.7%
  • Two or more races: 3.1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
• Gender
  • Female: 49%
  • Male: 51%

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School uniform

All CPSB students must wear school uniforms. ^[4]

Schools

K–12 schools

• Bell City High School (Unincorporated area)
• Starks High School (Unincorporated area)

High schools

Zoned

• A. M. Barbe High School (Lake Charles)
• DeQuincy High School (DeQuincy)
• Sam Houston High School (Unincorporated area)
• LaGrange High School (Lake Charles)
• Sulphur High School (Sulphur)
  • Sulphur High 9th Grade Campus (Opened 2004)
• Vinton High School (Vinton)
• Westlake High School (Westlake)
• Washington-Marion Magnet High School (Lake Charles)

Alternative

• Calcasieu Alternative Site East (Lake Charles)
• Calcasieu Alternative Site West (Sulphur)
• College Street Vocational Center/Westlake T&I (Lake Charles)

6–12 schools

• Iowa High/Middle School (Iowa) ^[5]

6–8 Middle schools

• S. P. Arnett Middle School (Westlake)
• DeQuincy Middle School (DeQuincy)
• LeBlanc Middle School (Sulphur)
  • Housed inside is the Jake Drost Special School which serves special needs children in areas of the parish west of the Calcasieu River. ^[6]
• W. W. Lewis Middle School (Sulphur)
• Maplewood Middle School (Sulphur)
• Ray D. Molo Middle School (Lake Charles)
• Moss Bluff Middle School (Unincorporated area)
• Oak Park Middle School (Lake Charles)
• Vinton Middle School (Vinton)
• S. J. Welsh Middle School (Lake Charles)
• Forrest K. White Middle School (Lake Charles)

Elementary schools

Zoned

• Barbe Elementary School (Lake Charles)
• Brentwood Elementary School (Lake Charles)
• College Oaks Elementary School (Lake Charles)
• Combre-Fondel Elementary School (Lake Charles)
• Cypress Cove Elementary School (Sulphur) ^[7]
• DeQuincy Elementary School (DeQuincy)
• DeQuincy Primary School (DeQuincy) ^[8]
• Dolby Elementary School (Lake Charles)
• Fairview Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• Frasch Elementary School (Sulphur)
• Gillis Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• W. T. Henning Elementary School (Sulphur)
• Henry Heights Elementary School (Lake Charles)
• J. J. Johnson, II Elementary School (Lake Charles)
• M. J. Kaufman Elementary School (Lake Charles)
• E. K. Key Elementary School (Sulphur)
• LeBleu Settlement Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• Maplewood Elementary School (Sulphur)
• Moss Bluff Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• A. A. Nelson Elementary School (Lake Charles)
• Oak Park Elementary School (Lake Charles)
• Prien Lake Elementary School (Lake Charles)
• St. John Elementary School (Lake Charles)
• Vincent Settlement Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• R. W. Vincent Elementary School (Sulphur)
• Vinton Elementary School (Vinton)
• T. H. Watkins Elementary School (Lake Charles)
• J.I. Watson Elementary School (Iowa) ^[9]
• Pearl Watson Elementary School (Lake Charles)
• Western Heights Elementary School (Westlake)
• Westwood Elementary School (Westlake)
• Ralph Wilson Elementary School (Lake Charles)

Application-based

• T. S. Cooley Elementary School (Lake Charles)

Early childhood centers

• Brenda Hunter Headstart (Lake Charles)
• J. D. Early Learning Center (Lake Charles)
• John F. Kennedy Early Learning Center (Lake Charles)

Other schools

• Lake Charles-Boston Academy of Learning (Lake Charles)
• Positive Connections (Lake Charles)

Charter schools

• Lake Charles Charter Academy (Lake Charles)
• Lake Charles College Prep (Lake Charles)
• Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy (Lake Charles)

References

1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Calcasieu Parish". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved June 30, 2025.
2. "Calcasieu Parish School Board names new superintendent". July 9, 2024.
3. "Calcasieu Parish Public Schools - U.S. News Education". U.S. News.
4. Calcasieu Parish Public Schools, "Dress Code Effective 2001" Archived 2006-02-05 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved March 9, 2009.
5. "Faculty/Staff / All Faculty/Staff".
6. LeBlanc Middle School, "Jake Drost Special School" Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved March 9, 2009.
7. "Home". cpsb.org.
8. "DeQuincy Primary / Homepage".
9. "Watson, J.I. Elementary / Homepage".

External links

• Calcasieu Parish School Board
  • Archives of older webpages