Sulphur High School

As a sprawling secondary school in Sulphur, Louisiana, Sulphur High School caters to 1,911 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Calcasieu Parish. Enrollment runs roughly 169% bigger than the state mean of about 711.

Across the 56 schools in Calcasieu Parish (27,851 students total), Sulphur High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Sulphur High School shows that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 10% Black, 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 137 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Calcasieu Parish runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Calcasieu Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,564 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sulphur High School is one of 61 public schools in Calcasieu Parish (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students).

The closest other public school is Frasch Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sulphur High School.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 2,025 students in 2018 compared to 1,911 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 84% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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