Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 395 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033000268
Richard W. Vincent Elementary School
1634 Beglis Parkway, Sulphur, LA 70663 · (337) 217-4690 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
11.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
234 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
56%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 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
49.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +12.0pp since 2022
Math
41.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +10.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 12 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 10 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 49.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
28.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.8%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Richard W. Vincent Elementary School
Richard W. Vincent Elementary School's state test result (28.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard W. Vincent Elementary School this school | 283 | 82.7% | 28.7% |
| Raceland Upper Elementary School Raceland | 302 | 78.1% | 42.3% |
| Dularge Elementary School Houma | 244 | 81.1% | 62.2% |
| Verda Elementary School Montgomery | 308 | 82.8% | 20.0% |
| Fort Necessity School Fort Necessity | 254 | 79.9% | 14.2% |
| Poland Junior High School Alexandria | 330 | 79.7% | 53.2% |
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 Richard W. Vincent Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #333 of 583 | #19 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #210 of 582 ▲ 113 | #15 of 31 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #203 of 587 ▲ 79 | #17 of 31 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.0pp | #39 of 540 | #3 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #556 of 714 | #25 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #112 of 655 | #10 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #229 of 655 | #8 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.7% | #234 of 705 | #10 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #136 of 436 | #12 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
283
+87 (+44%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 283 | 24.9 | 11.4:1 | 83% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 25 | 9.8:1 | 75% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 292 | 15.9 | 18.4:1 | 77% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 196 | 16 | 12.3:1 | 91% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 365 | 22.5 | 16.2:1 | 41% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 42 | 10.1:1 | 45% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 448 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 72% (324) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 48% (192) |
| 1990-91 | 462 | 28 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard W. Vincent Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (365 to 283); teachers up 11% (22.5 to 24.9).
About Richard W. Vincent Elementary School
Richard W. Vincent Elementary School is a public elementary school in Sulphur, Louisiana. The school's enrollment of 283 students covers pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Louisiana average about 453 students each.
Calcasieu Parish counts 27,851 students in its 56 schools, and Richard W. Vincent Elementary School is one of them.
White students make up a majority at Richard W. Vincent Elementary School, at 59%. The remaining shares are 28% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 11.4:1. This ratio sits 2.6 below the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 83%. The rate at public schools in Calcasieu Parish averages 59%, lower than here.
Richard W. Vincent Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 58% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Louisiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 24.8%. Richard W. Vincent Elementary School scores 28.7%.
Census estimates describe Calcasieu Parish this way: the median household income is $67,564, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Richard W. Vincent Elementary School, Calcasieu Parish has 60 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, W. W. Lewis Middle School, is about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Richard W. Vincent Elementary School is 7th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, Richard W. Vincent Elementary School is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 196 students at Richard W. Vincent Elementary School; in 2024-25, 283. The grades served may not have been the same in both years.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Nearby schools
- W. W. Lewis Middle School0.5 mi · 757
- W. T. Henning Elementary School0.9 mi · 369
- Sulphur High School1.1 mi · 1,911
- Frasch Elementary School1.3 mi · 522
- E. K. Key Elementary School1.3 mi · 546
- LeBlanc Middle School2.2 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Richard W. Vincent Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Richard W. Vincent Elementary School?
Richard W. Vincent Elementary School enrolls approximately 283 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Richard W. Vincent Elementary School serve?
Richard W. Vincent Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Richard W. Vincent Elementary School have?
Richard W. Vincent Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Richard W. Vincent Elementary School?
Student demographics at Richard W. Vincent Elementary School are roughly 59% White, 8% Hispanic, 28% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Richard W. Vincent Elementary School in?
Richard W. Vincent Elementary School is part of Calcasieu Parish.
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