Frasch Elementary School

Set in Sulphur, Louisiana, Frasch Elementary School is a mid-tier K-5 school, one of the schools within Calcasieu Parish. It educates 522 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Calcasieu Parish runs 56 schools in total, collectively educating 27,851 students. Frasch Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Frasch Elementary School lists that nearly all students (80%) are White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Roughly 44% of students at Frasch Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Calcasieu Parish's rate of about 59%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Frasch Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Calcasieu Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $67,564, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Calcasieu Parish runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students), of which Frasch Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sulphur High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Frasch Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 39.8%.

Frasch Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Frasch Elementary School has fell 16%, going from 621 students in 2018 to 522 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Frasch Elementary School typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.