The Calcasieu Parish School Board (CPSB) is a

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based in

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, United States. The CPSB operates all public schools in

Calcasieu Parish Calcasieu Parish (; ) is a parish located on the southwestern border of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 216,785. The parish seat and largest city is Lake Charles. Calcasieu Parish is part of the Lake C ...

, including the city of Lake Charles. The school district has a total of 58 schools (33 preschools, 38 elementary, 15 middle, 11 high).

Demographics

*Total students (as of the 2017–18 and 2018-19 years): 27,932 *Race/ethnicity **White: 57.1% **African American: 31.0% **American Indian or Alaskan Native: 0.3% **Hispanic/Latino: 6.7% **Asian or Asian Pacific Islander: 1.7% **Two or more races: 3.1% **Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 0.1% *Gender **Female: 49% **Male: 51%

School uniform

All CPSB students must wear

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Schools

K-12 schools

* Bell City High School (''Unincorporated area'') * Starks High School (''Unincorporated area'')

High schools

Zoned * A. M. Barbe High School (Lake Charles) *

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( DeQuincy) * Sam Houston High School (''Unincorporated area'') * LaGrange High School (Lake Charles) * Sulphur High School (

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) ** Sulphur High 9th Grade Campus (Opened 2004) * Vinton High School ( Vinton) * Westlake High School ( Westlake) * Washington-Marion Magnet High School (Lake Charles) Alternative * Calcasieu Alternative Site East (Lake Charles) * Calcasieu Alternative Site West (

) * College Street Vocational Center/Westlake T&I (Lake Charles)

6 - 12 schools

* Iowa High/Middle School (

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)

6 - 8 Middle schools

* S. P. Arnett Middle School (Westlake) * DeQuincy Middle School (DeQuincy) * LeBlanc Middle School (Sulphur) ** Housed inside is the Jake Drost Special School which serves special needs children in areas of the parish west of the Calcasieu River. * W. W. Lewis Middle School (Sulphur) * Maplewood Middle School (Sulphur) * Ray D. Molo Middle School (Lake Charles) * Moss Bluff Middle School (''Unincorporated area'') * Oak Park Middle School (Lake Charles) * Vinton Middle School (Vinton) * S. J. Welsh Middle School (Lake Charles) * Forrest K. White Middle School (Lake Charles)

Elementary schools

Zoned * Barbe Elementary School (Lake Charles) * Brentwood Elementary School (Lake Charles) * College Oaks Elementary School (Lake Charles) * Combre-Fondel Elementary School (Lake Charles) * Cypress Cove Elementary School (Sulphur) * DeQuincy Elementary School (DeQuincy) * DeQuincy Primary School (DeQuincy) * Dolby Elementary School (Lake Charles) * Fairview Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') * Frasch Elementary School (Sulphur) * Gillis Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') * W. T. Henning Elementary School (Sulphur) * Henry Heights Elementary School (Lake Charles) * J. J. Johnson, II Elementary School (Lake Charles) * M. J. Kaufman Elementary School (Lake Charles) * E. K. Key Elementary School (Sulphur) * LeBleu Settlement Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') * Maplewood Elementary School (Sulphur) * Moss Bluff Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') * A. A. Nelson Elementary School (Lake Charles) * Oak Park Elementary School (Lake Charles) * Prien Lake Elementary School (Lake Charles) * St. John Elementary School (''Lake Charles'') * Vincent Settlement Elementary School (''Unincorporated area'') * R. W. Vincent Elementary School (Sulphur) * Vinton Elementary School (Vinton) * T. H. Watkins Elementary School (Lake Charles) * J.I. Watson Elementary School (Iowa) * Pearl Watson Elementary School (Lake Charles) * Western Heights Elementary School (Westlake) * Westwood Elementary School (Westlake) * Ralph Wilson Elementary School (Lake Charles) Application-based * T. S. Cooley Elementary School (Lake Charles)

Early Childhood Centers

* Brenda Hunter Headstart (Lake Charles) * J. D. Early Learning Center (Lake Charles) * John F. Kennedy Early Learning Center (Lake Charles)

Other schools

* Lake Charles-Boston Academy of Learning (Lake Charles) * Positive Connections (Lake Charles)

Charter Schools

* Lake Charles Charter Academy (Lake Charles) * Lake Charles College Prep (Lake Charles) * Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy (Lake Charles)

References

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External links

Calcasieu Parish School Board
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School districts in Louisiana Lake Charles, Louisiana Education in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana