📍 81419 Highway 21, Bush, St. Tammany Parish, 70431
Fifth Ward Junior High School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bush, St. Tammany Parish. The school has 430 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Tammany Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1. 50% of students are proficient in reading. 49% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Fifth Ward Junior High School enrolls 430 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% White, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 396 | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 4.2% |
| Black or African American | 7 | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
231 of the school's 430 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 216 qualify for free lunch and 15 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 Junior High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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-10, state senate district 12, state house district 74.
Fifth Ward Junior High School is one of 55 schools in St. Tammany Parish, based in Covington, Louisiana. The district serves 35,956 students district-wide and employs 2,160 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 430 students, Fifth Ward Junior High School is smaller than the district average of about 654 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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