Enrollment
319
Middle
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033000248
Maplewood Middle School
4401 Maplewood Dr, Sulphur, LA 70663 · (337) 217-4920 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Louisiana public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
148 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 110 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 114 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 95 | 30% |
Student demographics
45%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
57.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
33.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 57.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Middle School
Maplewood Middle School's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maplewood Middle School this school | 319 | 46.4% | 39.3% |
| Sterlington Middle School Sterlington | 418 | 46.4% | 50.3% |
| S. P. Arnett Middle School Westlake | 374 | 51.9% | 45.5% |
| Abita Springs Middle School Abita Springs | 435 | 47.8% | 48.0% |
| DeRidder Junior High School DeRidder | 287 | 50.5% | 31.2% |
| Erath Middle School Erath | 466 | 44.6% | 51.5% |
Matched among Louisiana middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #69 of 213 | #5 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #90 of 210 ▼ 14 | #7 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #36 of 213 ▲ 30 | #1 of 11 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #82 of 197 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #146 of 220 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #15 of 195 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.4% | #131 of 195 | #3 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.4% | #184 of 214 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #146 of 162 | #10 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
319
-32 (-9%) vs 2020
-75% since 1990-91, when it was 1,268
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 319 | 33.3 | 9.6:1 | 46% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 314 | 31.1 | 10.1:1 | 46% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 335 | 28.4 | 11.8:1 | 50% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 21 | 16.7:1 | 54% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 22.7 | 14.7:1 | 38% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 321 | 44 | 7.3:1 | 32% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 1,167 | 76 | 15.4:1 | 49% (571) |
| 2000-01 | 1,041 | 67 | 15.5:1 | 18% (187) |
| 1990-91 | 1,268 | 67 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maplewood Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (333 to 319); teachers up 46% (22.7 to 33.3).
About Maplewood Middle School
Maplewood Middle School is the name of a small middle-grades school in Sulphur, Louisiana. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 319 students. Statewide, middle schools in Louisiana average about 440 students each.
Maplewood Middle School is part of a district of 56 schools: Calcasieu Parish, with 27,851 students.
White students are the majority at Maplewood Middle School, with 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Maplewood Middle School total 33.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.6:1. That is 31.4 students per teacher below the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 46%. The average for public schools in Calcasieu Parish is 59%.
Measured against Louisiana public middle schools, Maplewood Middle School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Maplewood Middle School is 11.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Louisiana schools.
In the county around the school, Calcasieu Parish, the median household income is $67,564, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 61 public schools in Calcasieu Parish, enrolling about 30,278 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Maplewood Elementary, is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Maplewood Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 319, a 9% decrease from 351 in 2020-21. The ratio was 16.7:1 in 2020-21 and 9.6:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Maplewood Middle School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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
- Maplewood ElementaryElementary · 640 students
- E. K. Key Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Frasch Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Cypress Cove Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
Other Maplewood Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Maplewood Middle. Maplewood Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Maplewood Middle SchoolMAPLEWOOD, NJ · 762 students
- Maplewood MiddleMenasha, WI · 676 students
Nearby schools
- Maplewood Elementary0.0 mi · 640
- 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 Middle SchoolHow many students attend Maplewood Middle School?
Maplewood Middle School enrolls approximately 319 students in grades 06-08.
Is Maplewood Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Maplewood Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Maplewood Middle School?
Approximately 9.6:1 students per teacher at Maplewood Middle School.
How diverse is Maplewood Middle School?
Maplewood Middle School reports a student body of 72% White, 9% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Maplewood Middle School in?
Maplewood Middle School is part of Calcasieu Parish.
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