Maplewood Middle School

Maplewood Middle School is a close-knit 6-8 campus in Sulphur, Louisiana, one of the schools within Calcasieu Parish. The school instructs 319 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 440 students each, so Maplewood Middle School sits 28% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Calcasieu Parish, which oversees 56 schools and 27,851 students, Maplewood Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Maplewood Middle School lists that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 9% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Maplewood Middle School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 41.0:1, putting Maplewood Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Calcasieu Parish (around 59%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Maplewood Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.8%; this one comes in at 37.3%, -13.5 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Calcasieu Parish shows median household earnings sit near $67,564, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Maplewood Middle School is one of 61 public schools in Calcasieu Parish (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students).

Nearest neighbor: Maplewood Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Maplewood Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.3%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 333 students in 2018 compared to 319 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 5% to 9%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

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