Calcasieu Parish School District

Calcasieu Parish School District serves 29,282 students across 56 schools in southwest Louisiana, making it one of the larger parish districts in the state. With 55 ranked schools carrying an average score of 7.1 out of 10, the district performs consistently above baseline — a meaningful signal for parents who want broad, reliable quality rather than a single standout campus surrounded by weaker options.

Middle school performance is where Calcasieu Parish separates itself from peer districts. Oak Park Middle School and F. K. White Middle School both earned a 9.7 out of 10, placing them among the top-rated middle schools in Louisiana. S. J. Welsh Middle School follows closely at 9.4. Three middle schools scoring above 9.0 in the same district is uncommon, and parents with children approaching those grade levels have strong, proven options to consider. The consistency across all three suggests the district's instructional approach at the middle school level is working system-wide, not just at one outlier campus.

Elementary performance is also competitive. Vincent Settlement Elementary School scored 9.3 and Prien Lake Elementary scored 9.2 — both well above the district's own 7.1 average and strong on a statewide basis. Parents looking to establish a pathway from elementary through middle school will find that the top-performing feeders and receiving schools are aligned in quality, reducing the risk of a drop-off between grade bands.

The district's 7.1 average across 55 ranked schools reflects genuine breadth. A high average across a large, diverse school system indicates that quality is distributed rather than concentrated in a handful of schools that skew the numbers. For families who may not land at one of the top-five campuses due to attendance zones or logistics, the floor in Calcasieu Parish is still meaningfully higher than in many comparable Louisiana districts. Parents relocating to the area or making enrollment decisions should cross-reference individual school scores against their home address, but the overall data here supports confidence in the district as a whole.