Richard W. Vincent Elementary School

Located at 1634 Beglis Parkway, in Sulphur, Louisiana, Richard W. Vincent Elementary School is a close-knit elementary campus that educates 283 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Calcasieu Parish. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 38% leaner than typical.

Calcasieu Parish runs 56 schools in total, collectively educating 27,851 students. Richard W. Vincent Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Richard W. Vincent Elementary School shows that 59% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 28% Black, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Richard W. Vincent Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Richard W. Vincent Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Calcasieu Parish (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Richard W. Vincent Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.0%; this one delivers 24.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Calcasieu Parish) records that 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%. Richard W. Vincent Elementary School is one of 61 public schools in Calcasieu Parish (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students).

W. W. Lewis Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Richard W. Vincent Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 43.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 22%: 365 students in 2018 compared to 283 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 23% to 28% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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