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Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy, Lake Charles, LA

Charter schoolCEP schoolSouthwest Louisiana Charter Academy is a public elementary school in Lake Charles, part of Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy. It enrolled 852 students in 2024-25, with 15.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
852
Teachers (FTE)
56.0
Students per teacher
15.2
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.2. The Louisiana average across schools is 13.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.2
District15.2
Louisiana13.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
1700 East McNeese Street, Lake Charles, LA 70607
Phone
(337)475-7910
District
Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy
County
Calcasieu Parish
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
220018902349
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
672
Reduced-price lunch
34
Free or reduced-price lunch
70682.9% of enrollment.
Direct certification
632Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Lake Charles

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.