📍 72360 Highway 41, Pearl River, St. Tammany Parish, 70452
Sixth Ward Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pearl River, St. Tammany Parish. The school has 321 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Tammany Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sixth Ward Elementary School enrolls 321 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% White, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino and 1.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 298 | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 5.6% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
201 of the school's 321 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 183 qualify for free lunch and 18 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, 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 1, state house district 74.
Sixth Ward Elementary 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 321 students, Sixth Ward Elementary 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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