📍 158 Panther Drive, Reserve, St. John the Baptist Parish, 70084
Fifth Ward Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Reserve, St. John the Baptist Parish. The school has 362 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. John the Baptist Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Fifth Ward Elementary School enrolls 362 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% Black or African American, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 268 | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 68 | 19% |
| White | 18 | 5% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
149 of the school's 362 students (41%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 149 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Fifth Ward Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 57.
Fifth Ward Elementary School is one of 10 schools in St. John the Baptist Parish, based in Reserve, Louisiana. The district serves 5,039 students district-wide and employs 356 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 362 students, Fifth Ward Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 504 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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