W. W. Lewis Middle School

W. W. Lewis Middle School is a sprawling 6-8 campus in Sulphur, Louisiana, one of the schools within Calcasieu Parish. The school caters to 757 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 72% bigger than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 440 students.

W. W. Lewis Middle School is one of 56 schools operated by Calcasieu Parish, a district that works with 27,851 students overall.

On the student-mix side, W. W. Lewis Middle School lists that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest comes out to 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Calcasieu Parish runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, W. W. Lewis Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.7%.

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 roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Calcasieu Parish's 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,278 students), W. W. Lewis Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Richard W. Vincent Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around W. W. Lewis Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts W. W. Lewis Middle School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 39.5%.

W. W. Lewis Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. W. W. Lewis Middle School's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 878 (now 757). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 82% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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