Alfred M. Barbe High School

Public 9-12

 2200 West McNeese
       Lake Charles, LA  70605


(337) 217-4460

District: Calcasieu Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
78th of 326 Louisiana High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,964 Help


Feeder schools for Alfred M. Barbe High School:

Elementary:    A. A. Nelson Elementary School
    College Oaks Elementary School
    Prien Lake Elementary School
    St. John Elementary School
Middle:    S. J. Welsh Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  22.2 Help
Number of students:  1,991

Racial breakdown:

White:
55.4%
African American:
25.8%
Hispanic:
9.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  40.8% Help


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Compare Details Alfred M. Barbe High School ranks better than 76.1% of high schools in Louisiana. It also ranks 3rd among 9 ranked high schools in the Calcasieu Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 71.63. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (55.4%), African American (25.8%), Hispanic (9.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 40.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Alfred M. Barbe High School is 22.2, which is the highest among 9 high schools in the Calcasieu Parish School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Alfred M. Barbe High School is $9,964, which is the lowest among 9 high schools in the Calcasieu Parish School District!
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Alfred M. Barbe High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Alfred M. Barbe High School 78th of 326 Louisiana public high schools. (See Alfred M. Barbe High School in the ranking list.)

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Calcasieu Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks Calcasieu Parish 29th of 114 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Alfred M. Barbe High School

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Rank History for all students at Alfred M. Barbe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 81.91 32nd 290 89.0%
2008 75.86 41st 291 85.9%
2009 61.60 110th 301 63.5%
2010 66.89 90th 297 69.7%
2011 71.35 74th 300 75.3%
2012 71.66 78th 310 74.8%
2013 61.34 130th 312 58.3%
2014 62.73 119th 309 61.5%
2015 62.33 124th 312 60.3%
2016 60.36 126th 297 57.6%
2017 60.43 142nd 297 52.2%
2018 60.83 110th 302 63.6%
2019 68.30 90th 313 71.2%
2021 70.17 74th 322 77.0%
2022 65.99 106th 326 67.5%
2023 71.63 76th 321 76.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Alfred M. Barbe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 60.73 14th 39 64.1%
2022 37.14 32nd 47 31.9%
2023 37.60 38th 50 24.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Alfred M. Barbe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 57.13 7th 27 74.1%
2021 88.87 2nd 38 94.7%
2022 71.02 7th 40 82.5%
2023 73.12 8th 34 76.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Alfred M. Barbe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 74.74 20th 122 83.6%
2021 61.72 38th 135 71.9%
2022 70.36 28th 139 79.9%
2023 74.75 23rd 138 83.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Alfred M. Barbe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 55.13 129th 301 57.1%
2021 68.46 70th 285 75.4%
2022 55.40 134th 322 58.4%
2023 60.04 115th 321 64.2%
See the entire list of Best Louisiana High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Alfred M. Barbe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 68.03 89th 292 69.5%
2021 69.40 79th 288 72.6%
2022 63.04 118th 311 62.1%
2023 72.82 66th 308 78.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Alfred M. Barbe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 70.67 78th 291 73.2%
2021 72.25 64th 292 78.1%
2022 66.12 98th 301 67.4%
2023 67.85 86th 306 71.9%
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Rank History for Asian students at Alfred M. Barbe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 46.85 14th 20 30.0%
2021 61.76 7th 22 68.2%
2022 54.41 10th 20 50.0%
2023 46.35 16th 24 33.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Alfred M. Barbe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 62.28 61st 233 73.8%
2021 64.73 61st 243 74.9%
2022 61.14 76th 256 70.3%
2023 62.94 72nd 252 71.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Alfred M. Barbe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 62.36 27th 78 65.4%
2021 63.80 30th 92 67.4%
2022 49.97 54th 103 47.6%
2023 53.97 50th 107 53.3%
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Rank History for White students at Alfred M. Barbe High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 67.69 69th 249 72.3%
2021 67.35 52nd 245 78.8%
2022 59.65 95th 250 62.0%
2023 70.05 61st 249 75.5%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Saturday, July 30, 2016

Open Quote Great School! Very diverse school population. Wonderful teachers and many course offerings. My children received a fantastic education at this school. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Alfred M. Barbe High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1499 1499
1990 1246 118 21 5 0 n/a n/a 0 1390
1991 1224 117 24 11 0 n/a n/a 0 1376
1992 1310 159 28 3 0 n/a n/a 0 1500
1993 1327 195 25 1 1 n/a n/a 0 1549
1994 1357 219 29 1 1 n/a n/a 0 1607
1995 1461 268 20 5 4 n/a n/a 0 1758
1996 1461 268 20 5 4 n/a n/a 0 1758
1997 1430 232 16 4 4 n/a n/a 0 1686
1998 1434 237 19 4 5 n/a n/a 0 1699
1999 1442 233 23 4 3 n/a n/a 0 1705
2000 1417 201 22 6 2 n/a n/a 0 1648
2001 1395 221 30 5 1 n/a n/a 0 1652
2002 1362 307 35 5 3 n/a n/a 0 1712
2003 1362 307 35 5 3 n/a n/a 0 1712
2004 1400 334 39 6 3 n/a n/a 0 1782
2005 1347 366 47 14 5 n/a n/a 0 1779
2006 1303 421 61 17 4 n/a n/a 0 1806
2007 1279 467 55 24 4 n/a n/a 0 1829
2008 1226 554 55 35 4 n/a n/a 0 1874
2009 1193 568 64 41 5 n/a n/a 0 1871
2010 1174 656 59 41 8 n/a n/a 0 1938
2011 1131 687 66 32 4 0 1 0 1921
2012 1083 662 64 32 4 0 6 0 1851
2013 1093 669 66 53 5 0 7 0 1893
2014 1075 664 87 52 5 0 9 0 1892
2015 1120 694 88 52 4 0 9 0 1967
2016 1159 666 81 52 0 1 10 0 1969
2017 1192 645 89 51 4 1 11 0 1993
2018 1203 640 98 70 6 2 13 0 2032
2019 1174 620 98 74 6 4 19 0 1995
2020 1183 607 107 106 7 3 23 0 2036
2021 1018 538 98 116 6 7 27 0 1810
2022 1066 496 97 140 2 5 45 0 1851
2023 1104 514 112 190 4 6 61 0 1991

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Alfred M. Barbe High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1499 68.6 21.8 5.1
1990 1390 82.0 16.9 6.6
1991 1376 81.0 16.9 6.6
1992 1500 79.0 18.9 5.5
1993 1549 84.0 18.4 7.9
1994 1607 89.0 18.1 8.5
1995 1758 90.7 19.4 10.2
1996 1758 90.7 19.4 10.2
1997 1686 94.0 17.9 8.2
1998 1699 95.3 17.8 10.2
1999 1705 96.7 17.6 10.4
2000 1648 95.7 17.2 11.5
2001 1652 91.7 18.0 12.1
2002 1712 91.0 18.8 12.4
2003 1712 91.0 18.8 12.4
2004 1782 92.9 19.2 14.2
2005 1779 96.6 18.4 18.6
2006 1806 102.2 17.7 21.5
2007 1829 99.6 18.4 22.7
2008 1874 105.1 17.8 26.1
2009 1871 106.4 17.6 28
2010 1938 108.6 17.8 29.6
2011 1921 105.6 18.1 32.7
2012 1851 106.0 17.4 31.3
2013 1893 106.7 17.7 31.1
2014 1892 105.5 17.9 31.3
2015 1967 104.0 18.9 31.3
2016 1969 n/a n/a 26.6
2017 1993 123.8 16.0 28.3
2018 2032 99.4 20.4 26.7
2019 1995 88.6 22.5 29
2020 2036 83.8 24.2 32.8
2021 1810 85.6 21.1 43.8
2022 1851 86.3 21.4 19.6
2023 1991 89.5 22.2 40.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Alfred M. Barbe High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1499 68.6 21.8 5.1
1990 1390 82.0 16.9 6.6
1991 1376 81.0 16.9 6.6
1992 1500 79.0 18.9 5.5
1993 1549 84.0 18.4 7.9
1994 1607 89.0 18.1 8.5
1995 1758 90.7 19.4 10.2
1996 1758 90.7 19.4 10.2
1997 1686 94.0 17.9 8.2
1998 1699 95.3 17.8 10.2
1999 1705 96.7 17.6 10.4
2000 1648 95.7 17.2 11.5
2001 1652 91.7 18.0 12.1
2002 1712 91.0 18.8 12.4
2003 1712 91.0 18.8 12.4
2004 1782 92.9 19.2 14.2
2005 1779 96.6 18.4 18.6
2006 1806 102.2 17.7 21.5
2007 1829 99.6 18.4 22.7
2008 1874 105.1 17.8 26.1
2009 1871 106.4 17.6 28
2010 1938 108.6 17.8 29.6
2011 1921 105.6 18.1 32.7
2012 1851 106.0 17.4 31.3
2013 1893 106.7 17.7 31.1
2014 1892 105.5 17.9 31.3
2015 1967 104.0 18.9 31.3
2016 1969 n/a n/a 26.6
2017 1993 123.8 16.0 28.3
2018 2032 99.4 20.4 26.7
2019 1995 88.6 22.5 29
2020 2036 83.8 24.2 32.8
2021 1810 85.6 21.1 43.8
2022 1851 86.3 21.4 19.6
2023 1991 89.5 22.2 40.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Alfred M. Barbe High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $9,229
2018 $9,737
2019 $10,154
2020 $9,964

Data source: Louisiana Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Alfred M. Barbe High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 90th of 313 High schoolsRanks 76th of 321 High schools
 5.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Alfred M. Barbe High School)7375
 2%
   End of Course Algebra I (Calcasieu Parish)7471
 3%
   End of Course Algebra I (Louisiana)6764
 3%
End of Course Geometry (Alfred M. Barbe High School)7271
 1%
   End of Course Geometry (Calcasieu Parish)6870
 2%
   End of Course Geometry (Louisiana)6861
 7%
End of Course English II (Alfred M. Barbe High School)7577
 2%
   End of Course English II (Calcasieu Parish)7472
 2%
   End of Course English II (Louisiana)6967
 2%
End of Course U.S. History (Alfred M. Barbe High School)6763
 4%
   End of Course U.S. History (Calcasieu Parish)5956
 3%
   End of Course U.S. History (Louisiana)5954
 5%
End of Course English I (Alfred M. Barbe High School)8779
 8%
   End of Course English I (Calcasieu Parish)8070
 10%
   End of Course English I (Louisiana)7167
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students19951991
 0.2%
African American620514
 17.1%
American Indian64
 33.3%
Asian98112
 14.3%
Hispanic74190
 156.8%
Pacific Islander46
 50%
White11741104
 6%
Two or More Races1961
 221.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients29%40.8%
 11.8%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 1,991 students attended Alfred M. Barbe High School.

Alfred M. Barbe High School ranks 78th of 326 Louisiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Alfred M. Barbe High School are 55% White, 26% African American, 10% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more races.


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