📍 2200 Oak Park Blvd, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, 70601
Oak Park Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish. The school has 385 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Calcasieu Parish school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Oak Park Middle School enrolls 385 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Black or African American, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino and 4.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 331 | 86% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 | 4.9% |
| White | 18 | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 3.9% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
318 of the school's 385 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 307 qualify for free lunch and 11 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 Middle 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 Middle 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 385 students, Oak Park Middle 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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