📍 1300 5th Street, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, 70601
Pearl Watson Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish. The school has 325 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Calcasieu Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Pearl Watson Elementary School enrolls 325 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% Black or African American, 4% White and 1.8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 299 | 92% |
| White | 13 | 4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
303 of the school's 325 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 292 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.
Pearl Watson 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.
Pearl Watson 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 325 students, Pearl Watson 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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