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Prien Lake Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
3741 Nelson Road
Lake Charles, LA 70605
Phone
(337) 217-4910
District
Calcasieu Parish
County
CALCASIEU PARISH
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
671
Classroom Teachers
42

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Louisiana

10

(10 is best)

Better than 97.6% of all LA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Prien Lake Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
85%
40%
89%
44%
81%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

100 80 60 40 20 0
82%
42%
87%
45%
76%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
74%
38%
85%
42%
62%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
16
15
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 18 2.7%
Kindergarten 121 18.0%
Grade 1 112 16.7%
Grade 2 103 15.4%
Grade 3 118 17.6%
Grade 4 119 17.7%
Grade 5 80 11.9%
Total 671 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 61.3% 59.0% 43.7%
Black 25.7% 30.4% 42.9%
Hispanic 7.5% 8.4% 11.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.1% 1.8% 1.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.4% 0.7%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 43.8% 57.0% 62.4%
Free lunch eligible 39.2% 52.3% 58.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.6% 4.7% 4.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 210,770 4,590,241
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 198.1 105
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.9% 6.2%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.3% 19.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.2% 33.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.2% 24.6%
65 OR OLDER 15.3% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 76,853 1,765,264
Single Parent Households With Children 8.7% 10.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.7% 86.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 23.6% 26.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.2% 13.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.2% 14.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.9% 11.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.3% 15.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.3% 16.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.7% 14.8%
$15,000 or less 10.4% 13.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,882 $232,686,000 41.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $956 $28,237,000 5.0%
Staff $817 $24,124,000 4.3%
General Administration $181 $5,331,000 0.9%
School Administration $785 $23,186,000 4.1%
Operation $5,945 $175,519,000 31.0%
Transportation $535 $15,796,000 2.8%
Other $315 $9,305,000 1.6%
Total Support $9,535 $281,498,000 49.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,761 $51,976,000 9.2%
Total Expenditures $19,177 $566,160,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,126 $5,116,487,000 49.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $782 $561,266,000 5.5%
Staff $672 $482,832,000 4.7%
General Administration $324 $232,689,000 2.3%
School Administration $813 $583,995,000 5.7%
Operation $1,460 $1,048,151,000 10.2%
Transportation $649 $465,810,000 4.5%
Other $356 $255,444,000 2.5%
Total Support $5,056 $3,630,187,000 35.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,134 $1,532,450,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $14,316 $10,279,124,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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