Charter agency · Calcasieu Parish
Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy, LA: schools, enrollment and spending
Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy runs 1 public school with 852 students in grades PK to 8. Its ratio of 15.2 students per teacher is 1.3 higher than the Louisiana figure of 13.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 852
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56
- Students per teacher
- 15.2
- LA: 13.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1700 East McNeese Street, Lake Charles, LA 70607
- Phone
- (225)283-0231
- County
- Calcasieu Parish
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 8
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 2200189
- State district ID
- LA-WAK
- Total staff (FTE)
- 86
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 852 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district15.2
Louisiana13.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (634), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $9.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $988,000
- State revenue
- $2.9 million
- Local revenue
- $5.7 million
- Total spending
- $9.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,438
- Salaries
- $3.4 million35.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $17.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.4%
- State: 29.9%
- Local: 59.7%
Louisiana overall
- Federal: 14.9%
- State: 37.3%
- Local: 47.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,438
Louisiana$14,898
United States$16,826
Schools in Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy
By level: 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Southwest Louisiana Charter AcademyCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 8 | 852 | 15.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Calcasieu Parish
- Calcasieu Parish 27,851 students
- Lake Charles Charter Academy Foundation Inc. 951 students
- Lake Charles College Prep 624 students
More in Louisiana
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.