📍 3245 Valcour Aime Street, Vacherie, St. James Parish, 70090
Sixth Ward Elementary School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Vacherie, St. James Parish. The school has 290 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. James Parish school district. It serves grades 4–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sixth Ward Elementary School enrolls 290 students across grades 4–6. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Black or African American, 17% White and 2.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 232 | 80% |
| White | 49 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
211 of the school's 290 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 195 qualify for free lunch and 16 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sixth Ward Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district LA-20, state senate district 2, state house district 58.
Sixth Ward Elementary School is one of 6 schools in St. James Parish, based in Lutcher, Louisiana. The district serves 3,194 students district-wide and employs 247 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 290 students, Sixth Ward Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 532 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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