📍 2001 18th Street, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, 70601
Oak Park Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish. The school has 246 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Calcasieu Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.4:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Oak Park Elementary School enrolls 246 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Black or African American, 4.5% White and 2.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 224 | 91% |
| White | 11 | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
214 of the school's 246 students (87%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 204 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Oak Park Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-30, state senate district 27, state house district 34.
Oak Park Elementary School is one of 58 schools in Calcasieu Parish, based in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The district serves 27,851 students district-wide and employs 1,917 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 246 students, Oak Park Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 480 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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