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Enrollment
546
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033000242
E. K. Key Elementary School
1201 E Burton Street, Sulphur, LA 70663 · (337) 217-4660 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
361 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
54.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
52.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 54.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 44.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like E. K. Key Elementary School
E. K. Key Elementary School's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. K. Key Elementary School this school | 546 | 66.1% | 48.5% |
| Kaplan Elementary School Kaplan | 550 | 69.1% | 39.3% |
| North Live Oak Elementary School Denham Springs | 615 | 65.0% | 55.3% |
| Lafargue Elementary School Effie | 581 | 67.5% | 40.3% |
| Leonville Elementary School Leonville | 616 | 67.2% | 36.3% |
| Kinder Elementary School Kinder | 524 | 70.8% | 40.7% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where E. K. Key Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #117 of 583 | #8 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #102 of 582 ▲ 4 | #8 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #135 of 587 ▲ 29 | #9 of 31 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #166 of 540 | #12 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #203 of 714 | #9 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #139 of 655 | #12 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #360 of 655 | #14 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.1% | #461 of 705 | #16 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.4% | #77 of 197 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
546
+41 (+8%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 16.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 546 | 46.4 | 11.8:1 | 66% (361) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 42.4 | 13.0:1 | 63% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 32.2 | 16.5:1 | 64% (340) |
| 2020-21 | 505 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 89% (451) |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 27.5 | 17.1:1 | 46% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | N/A | N/A | 47% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 30 | 17.1:1 | 74% (380) |
| 2000-01 | 443 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 55% (244) |
| 1990-91 | 462 | 24 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for E. K. Key Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (469 to 546); teachers up 69% (27.5 to 46.4).
About E. K. Key Elementary School
At 1201 E Burton Street in Sulphur, Louisiana, E. K. Key Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 546 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is about 453 students, so this school is 21% larger than average.
Calcasieu Parish has 27,851 students spread across 56 schools.
Roughly 70% of students at E. K. Key Elementary School are White. Other reported shares: 17% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. That is close to the 66% White share among all Calcasieu Parish residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 48% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 11.8 students per teacher and 46.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for E. K. Key Elementary School is A. Compared with Louisiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 87% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 36.7% at E. K. Key Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.5%.
Calcasieu Parish has these Census figures: the median household income is $67,564, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Calcasieu Parish is home to 61 public schools and about 30,278 public school students.
Nearest public school: Sulphur High School, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts E. K. Key Elementary School at 2nd of 7.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).
Over 4 years, E. K. Key Elementary School's enrollment climbed 8%, to 546. The school's ratio fell from 16.8:1 to 11.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Calcasieu Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,088
Census ACS
Median income
$67,564
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
30,278 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calcasieu Parish
- Sulphur High SchoolHigh · 1,911 students
- Alfred M. Barbe High SchoolHigh · 1,908 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 1,141 students
- S. J. Welsh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Iowa High SchoolHigh · 1,007 students
- Moss Bluff Elementary SchoolElementary · 969 students
Other schools in Sulphur
- Sulphur High SchoolHigh · 1,911 students
- W. W. Lewis Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Maplewood ElementaryElementary · 640 students
- Frasch Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Cypress Cove Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- W. T. Henning Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
Nearby schools
- Sulphur High School0.7 mi · 1,911
- W. W. Lewis Middle School0.7 mi · 757
- Frasch Elementary School0.8 mi · 522
- LeBlanc Middle School1.0 mi · 366
- Jake Drost School for Exceptional Children1.0 mi · 19
- Richard W. Vincent Elementary School1.3 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About E. K. Key Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at E. K. Key Elementary School?
E. K. Key Elementary School enrolls approximately 546 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does E. K. Key Elementary School serve?
E. K. Key Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does E. K. Key Elementary School have?
E. K. Key Elementary School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at E. K. Key Elementary School?
At E. K. Key Elementary School, the student body is approximately 70% White, 6% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees E. K. Key Elementary School?
E. K. Key Elementary School is overseen by Calcasieu Parish in Calcasieu Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.