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What's something Maplewood Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
640
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033002387
Maplewood Elementary
4401 Maplewood Dr., Sulphur, LA 70663 · (337) 217-4920 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL640 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
12.8:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
345 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 | 35 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (103).
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
51.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
52.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +13.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 51 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 13 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 51.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Maplewood Elementary
Maplewood Elementary's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maplewood Elementary this school | 640 | 53.9% | 45.8% |
| Claiborne School West Monroe | 643 | 50.5% | 56.2% |
| Cecil Picard Elementary School at Maurice Maurice | 592 | 48.0% | 63.8% |
| Joseph J. Davies Elementary School Meraux | 593 | 57.8% | 49.0% |
| Mulberry Elementary School Houma | 789 | 48.5% | 61.8% |
| Lacoste Elementary School Chalmette | 621 | 55.2% | 43.5% |
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 Maplewood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #142 of 583 | #11 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #104 of 582 ▲ 17 | #10 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #173 of 587 ▼ 53 | #12 of 31 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #125 of 540 | #8 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 640 | #114 of 714 | #7 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #253 of 655 | #18 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.4% | #348 of 655 | #13 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #589 of 705 | #27 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #354 of 436 | #25 of 29 |
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
640
+78 (+14%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 640 | 50.1 | 12.8:1 | 54% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 47.7 | 13.7:1 | 54% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 41.5 | 15.7:1 | 55% (360) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 33 | 17.0:1 | 52% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 680 | 37.5 | 18.1:1 | 43% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 64 | 10.7:1 | 47% (323) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maplewood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (680 to 640); teachers up 33% (37.5 to 50.1).
About Maplewood Elementary
Maplewood Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school for students in Sulphur, Louisiana. It teaches 640 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Louisiana have about 453 students on average; enrollment here is 41% higher.
Calcasieu Parish, which runs Maplewood Elementary, has 56 schools and 27,851 students.
More than half of enrollment at Maplewood Elementary is White: 70%. The remaining shares are 13% Black, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 48%.
The school had 50.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. The school's 12.8:1 compares with an average of 14.0:1 for elementary schools in Louisiana. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 54%.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Maplewood Elementary outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Maplewood Elementary is 45.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.8%.
Census data for Calcasieu Parish show the median household earns about $67,564 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Maplewood Elementary, Calcasieu Parish has 61 public schools.
Maplewood Elementary's nearest public school is Maplewood Middle School (less than a tenth of a mile). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Maplewood Elementary places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Mid-size: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Maplewood Elementary had a net gain of 78 students, or 14%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.0:1 to 12.8:1 over the same years.
The discussion board for Maplewood Elementary is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- E. K. Key Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Frasch Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Cypress Cove Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- W. T. Henning Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
Other Maplewood Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 11 states are named Maplewood Elementary. Maplewood Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 15.
- MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 819 students
- Maplewood Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 714 students
- Maplewood Elementary SchoolGREELEY, CO · 544 students
- Maplewood Elementary SchoolSylvania, OH · 542 students
- Maplewood Elementary SchoolFort Wayne, IN · 477 students
Nearby schools
- Maplewood Middle School0.0 mi · 319
- Richard W. Vincent Elementary School2.4 mi · 283
- W. W. Lewis Middle School2.5 mi · 757
- E. K. Key Elementary School3.0 mi · 546
- W. T. Henning Elementary School3.2 mi · 369
- Sulphur High School3.3 mi · 1,911
Frequently asked questions
About Maplewood ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Maplewood Elementary?
Maplewood Elementary enrolls approximately 640 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Maplewood Elementary serve?
Maplewood Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Maplewood Elementary have?
Maplewood Elementary employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Maplewood Elementary?
Student demographics at Maplewood Elementary are roughly 70% White, 8% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Maplewood Elementary?
Maplewood Elementary is overseen by Calcasieu Parish in Calcasieu Parish.
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