Jake Drost School for Exceptional Children

Jake Drost School for Exceptional Children is a multi-level school of rural-scale scale in Sulphur, Louisiana, run under Calcasieu Parish, enrolling 19 students in grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 96% leaner than the state mean of about 527.

Calcasieu Parish runs 56 schools in total, collectively educating 27,851 students. Jake Drost School for Exceptional Children is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Jake Drost School for Exceptional Children shows that 74% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder breaks down as 26% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 52.1:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Calcasieu Parish (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Calcasieu Parish put median household earnings sit near $67,564, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Jake Drost School for Exceptional Children is one of 61 public schools in Calcasieu Parish (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students).

The closest other public school is LeBlanc Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jake Drost School for Exceptional Children.

Jake Drost School for Exceptional Children operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jake Drost School for Exceptional Children has edged down 41%, going from 32 students in 2018 to 19 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 28% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 5.4:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.