Calcasieu Parish

Headquartered at 3310 Broad Street in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Calcasieu Parish Public Schools is an active, traditional public school district serving the surrounding small-city metropolitan region. The district manages a broad educational infrastructure comprising 56 operational schools that provide full-spectrum academic programming from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Operating as a primary educational anchor in Southwest Louisiana, the parish offers a continuous, publicly funded path of learning designed to support students through every stage of their early, elementary, and secondary education.

To support its community of 27,851 enrolled students, Calcasieu Parish maintains a robust organizational framework powered by more than 8,000 full-time equivalent employees. This workforce includes a dedicated core of over 4,600 full-time equivalent teachers, complemented by hundreds of instructional aides and more than 3,000 support staff members who oversee student services, administrative functions, and operational needs. For families, students, and educational researchers, the district represents a well-resourced public school system equipped to deliver comprehensive academic pathways and essential community support across all its campuses.