📍 418 Fifth Street, West Point, Clay County, 39773
Fifth Street School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in West Point, Clay County. The school has 526 pupils enrolled. It is part of the West Point Consolidated School Dist school district. It serves grades 5–7 in a small-town setting. The school employs 46.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 16% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Fifth Street School enrolls 526 students across grades 5–7. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 46.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% Black or African American, 14% White and 2.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 432 | 82% |
| White | 72 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | <1% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
526 of the school's 526 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 526 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 Street School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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 MS-10, state senate district 16, state house district 36.
Fifth Street School is one of 8 schools in West Point Consolidated School District, based in West Point, Mississippi. The district serves 2,528 students district-wide and employs 211 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 526 students, Fifth Street School is larger than the district average of about 316 students per school.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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