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Enrollment
757
Middle
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALCASIEU PARISH·NCES 220033000247
W. W. Lewis Middle School
1752 Cypress, Sulphur, LA 70663 · (337) 217-4700 · Calcasieu Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL757 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Louisiana public middle schools
- A-Test 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.
- A-Three-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
12.2:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
340 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 | 271 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 235 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 251 | 33% |
Student demographics
43%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
55.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +7.0pp since 2022
Math
49.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 up about 6 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 55.0% | 49.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 W. W. Lewis Middle School
W. W. Lewis Middle School's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. W. Lewis Middle School this school | 757 | 44.9% | 46.8% |
| Prairieville Middle School Prairieville | 835 | 39.0% | 67.3% |
| J.B. Martin Middle School Paradis | 733 | 40.5% | 46.0% |
| Harry M. Hurst Middle School Destrehan | 685 | 41.3% | 48.7% |
| Little Oak Middle School Slidell | 847 | 41.4% | 52.2% |
| Moss Bluff Middle School Lake Charles | 781 | 39.6% | 48.7% |
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 W. W. Lewis Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Calcasieu Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #42 of 213 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #33 of 210 ▼ 6 | #2 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #44 of 213 ▲ 5 | #3 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #42 of 197 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 757 | #21 of 220 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #62 of 195 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.7% | #139 of 195 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.9% | #185 of 214 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #107 of 162 | #7 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
757
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 789
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 757 | 61.9 | 12.2:1 | 45% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 769 | 59.5 | 12.9:1 | 47% (363) |
| 2022-23 | 777 | 57.2 | 13.6:1 | 49% (383) |
| 2020-21 | 751 | 49 | 15.3:1 | 58% (438) |
| 2017-18 | 878 | 49.3 | 17.8:1 | 32% (280) |
| 2015-16 | 869 | N/A | N/A | 38% (333) |
| 2010-11 | 892 | 58 | 15.4:1 | 41% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 748 | 48 | 15.6:1 | 32% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 789 | 42 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W. W. Lewis Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (878 to 757); teachers up 26% (49.3 to 61.9).
About W. W. Lewis Middle School
W. W. Lewis Middle School, located in Sulphur, Louisiana, is a large middle school. The school counted 757 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 72% above the average of about 440 students for middle schools in Louisiana.
The district for W. W. Lewis Middle School is Calcasieu Parish, with 56 schools and 27,851 students.
The share of White students at W. W. Lewis Middle School is 74%, a majority. The school is also 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 66% White share among all Calcasieu Parish residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 43%.
Staffing at W. W. Lewis Middle School comes to 61.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.2:1. Middle schools in Louisiana have an average ratio of 41.0:1. On the income side, 45% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 59% average for public schools in Calcasieu Parish.
Among Louisiana public middle schools, W. W. Lewis Middle School outscored 75%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 46.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 52.0%.
In Calcasieu Parish, home to about 207,088 people, median household income comes to about $67,564, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Calcasieu Parish's 61 public schools enroll about 30,278 students and include W. W. Lewis Middle School.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Richard W. Vincent Elementary School, is the closest to W. W. Lewis Middle School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of W. W. Lewis Middle School. On proficiency, W. W. Lewis Middle School is ahead of the 40.6% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 751 in 2020-21 and 757 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.3:1 to 12.2:1.
The allk12 page for W. W. Lewis Middle School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Maplewood ElementaryElementary · 640 students
- E. K. Key Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Frasch Elementary SchoolElementary · 522 students
- Cypress Cove Elementary SchoolElementary · 399 students
- W. T. Henning Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
Nearby schools
- Richard W. Vincent Elementary School0.5 mi · 283
- E. K. Key Elementary School0.7 mi · 546
- Sulphur High School0.7 mi · 1,911
- Frasch Elementary School1.0 mi · 522
- W. T. Henning Elementary School1.2 mi · 369
- Jake Drost School for Exceptional Children1.7 mi · 19
Frequently asked questions
About W. W. Lewis Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at W. W. Lewis Middle School?
W. W. Lewis Middle School enrolls approximately 757 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does W. W. Lewis Middle School serve?
W. W. Lewis Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at W. W. Lewis Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at W. W. Lewis Middle School is approximately 12.2:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at W. W. Lewis Middle School?
At W. W. Lewis Middle School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is W. W. Lewis Middle School in?
W. W. Lewis Middle School is part of Calcasieu Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.