Calcasieu Parish
A public school district in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with 56 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 27,851
- Students enrolled
- 2,300.3
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 4,025.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $17,724
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 27,851 in 2024–25
- Ranks 240th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 6th of 189 in Louisiana. Larger than 98% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $17,724 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 63% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Calcasieu Parish spent $17,724 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,244 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $17,724 | $523.3 million | 29,523 |
| FY2022 | $20,543 | $561.5 million | 27,334 |
| FY2021 | $18,914 | $528.3 million | 27,932 |
| FY2020 | $12,809 | $402.8 million | 31,444 |
| FY2019 | $12,366 | $394.5 million | 31,902 |
| FY2018 | $11,973 | $389.9 million | 32,564 |
| FY2017 | $11,490 | $372.3 million | 32,397 |
| FY2016 | $11,381 | $366.5 million | 32,208 |
| FY2015 | $10,568 | $338.4 million | 32,024 |
| FY2014 | $10,193 | $331.1 million | 32,481 |
| FY2013 | $10,049 | $324.2 million | 32,265 |
| FY2012 | $10,132 | $329.9 million | 32,563 |
| FY2011 | $9,431 | $311.8 million | 33,063 |
| FY2010 | $9,651 | $317.6 million | 32,905 |
| FY2009 | $9,800 | $320.3 million | 32,685 |
| FY2008 | $9,500 | $309.0 million | 32,522 |
| FY2007 | $8,496 | $274.0 million | 32,247 |
| FY2006 | $8,211 | $261.7 million | 31,877 |
| FY2005 | $7,244 | $235.1 million | 32,449 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $181.7 million | 30.2% |
| State | $137.2 million | 22.8% |
| Local | $282.3 million | 47.0% |
| Total | $601.2 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
56 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 2200330
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Louisiana — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Louisiana — A to Z, each with its page.
- Louisiana on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved