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Alumni: what's one memory from Frasch Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033000232
Frasch Elementary School
540 S Huntington, Sulphur, LA 70663 · (337) 217-4550 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
228 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 2023-24 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
58.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -8.0pp since 2022
Math
52.0%
LA avg 32.1% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 58 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 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
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
52.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
522
-99 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 15.5:1
% White
80%
was 87%
% Hispanic
9%
was 4%
% Black
4%
was 5%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
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
- E. K. Key Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Cypress Cove Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- W. T. Henning Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
Nearby schools
- Sulphur High School0.2 mi · 1,911
- E. K. Key Elementary School0.8 mi · 546
- W. W. Lewis Middle School1.0 mi · 757
- W. T. Henning Elementary School1.1 mi · 369
- Jake Drost School for Exceptional Children1.2 mi · 19
- LeBlanc Middle School1.2 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Frasch Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Frasch Elementary School?
Frasch Elementary School enrolls approximately 522 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Frasch Elementary School serve?
Frasch Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Frasch Elementary School have?
Frasch Elementary School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Frasch Elementary School?
Student demographics at Frasch Elementary School are roughly 80% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Frasch Elementary School?
Frasch 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.