Enrollment
92
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033001506
Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School
1400 Opelousas Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601 · (337) 217-4750 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL92 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
7.4:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
88 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 35 | 38% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 26% |
Student demographics
8%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
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LEAP 2025 2024-25 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
14.0%
LA avg 41.4% . -8.0pp since 2022
Math
11.0%
LA avg 33.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 41 and 33. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.0% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 10.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 5.0% |
% 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
12.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School
Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School's state test result (12.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School this school | 92 | 95.7% | 12.3% |
| J. K. Haynes Teacher Prep and Leadership Academy Baton Rouge | 121 | 99.2% | 14.0% |
| Park Ridge Academic Magnet School Baker | 94 | 92.6% | 24.2% |
| John J. Johnson II Elementary School Lake Charles | 131 | 96.9% | N/A |
| Washington Elementary School Washington | 115 | 92.2% | 18.0% |
| Carter C. Raymond Junior High School Lecompte | 124 | 96.8% | 18.3% |
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 Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 92 | #709 of 714 | #35 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -58.6% | #3 of 436 | #1 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
92
-56 (-38%) vs 2020
-82% since 1990-91, when it was 518
Student : Teacher
7.4:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 92 | 12.5 | 7.4:1 | 96% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 103 | 9.9 | 10.4:1 | 90% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 87 | 9 | 9.7:1 | 93% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 148 | 10 | 14.8:1 | 98% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 222 | 12 | 18.6:1 | 77% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 192 | N/A | N/A | 84% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 226 | 19 | 11.9:1 | 97% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 439 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 92% (405) |
| 1990-91 | 518 | 34 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 59% (222 to 92); teachers up 4% (12 to 12.5).
About Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School
Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School is a very small elementary school located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The school offers grades 3 through 5 and enrolls 92 students. The school is 80% below the average for elementary schools in Louisiana.
Calcasieu Parish has 27,851 students spread across 56 schools.
At Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School, 96% of students are Black. After that, the student body is 3% multiracial. Census figures show Calcasieu Parish is about 23% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School scores 8%.
Staffing at Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School comes to 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 7.4:1. Elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1, 6.6 more students per teacher than here. Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School counts 96% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Calcasieu Parish report 59%.
Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 12% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School, the prediction is 15.4% and the result is 12.3%.
In the wider Calcasieu Parish area, median household income comes to about $67,564, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Calcasieu Parish's 61 public schools enroll about 30,278 students and include Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School.
Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School's nearest public school is John J. Johnson II Elementary School (about 1.2 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School ranks 7th of 7 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment fell 38% over 4 years, reaching 92 in 2024-25. The ratio was 14.8:1 in 2020-21 and 7.4:1 in 2024-25.
Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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 Lake Charles
- Alfred M. Barbe High SchoolHigh · 1,908 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 1,141 students
- S. J. Welsh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Moss Bluff Elementary SchoolElementary · 969 students
- Lake Charles Charter AcademyElementary · 951 students
- LaGrange High SchoolHigh · 881 students
Nearby schools
- John J. Johnson II Elementary School1.2 mi · 131
- Ray D. Molo Middle Magnet School1.3 mi · 265
- Pearl Watson Elementary School1.4 mi · 219
- Combre-Fondel Elementary School1.7 mi · 426
- Washington/Marion Magnet High School1.8 mi · 597
- Oak Park Elementary School2.5 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About Ralph F. Wilson Elementary SchoolHow large is Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School?
Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School enrolls approximately 92 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School serve?
Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many teachers does Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School have?
Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.4:1.
How diverse is Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School?
Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School reports a student body of 1% Hispanic, 96% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Ralph F. Wilson Elementary School?
Ralph F. Wilson 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.