Fifth Ward Junior High School

Public PK, KG-8

 81419 Highway 21
       Bush, LA  70431


(985) 886-3273

District: St. Tammany Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
127th of 727 Louisiana Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $15,269 Help


Students who attend Fifth Ward Junior High School usually attend:

High:    Covington High School

Student/teacher ratio:  12.8 Help
Number of students:  430

Racial breakdown:

White:
92.1%
Hispanic:
4.2%
African American:
1.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  53.7% Help


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Compare Details Fifth Ward Junior High School ranks better than 82.5% of elementary schools in Louisiana. It also ranks 8th among 23 ranked elementary schools in the St. Tammany Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 81.33. (See more...)
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Compare Details Fifth Ward Junior High School ranks better than 79.1% of middle schools in Louisiana. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 76.27. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (92.1%), Hispanic (4.2%), African American (1.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 53.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Fifth Ward Junior High School is 12.8, which is the lowest among 28 elementary schools in the St. Tammany Parish School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Fifth Ward Junior High School is $15,269, which is the 3rd highest among 23 elementary schools in the St. Tammany Parish School District.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Fifth Ward Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Fifth Ward Junior High School 127th of 727 Louisiana public elementary schools. (See Fifth Ward Junior High School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Fifth Ward Junior High School 98th of 469 Louisiana public middle schools. (See Fifth Ward Junior High School in the ranking list.)

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St. Tammany Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks St. Tammany Parish 13th of 114 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Fifth Ward Junior High School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Fifth Ward Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 65.58 268th 725 63.0%
2008 66.09 281st 743 62.2%
2009 63.45 308th 738 58.3%
2010 68.09 263rd 736 64.3%
2011 61.40 340th 766 55.6%
2012 68.07 261st 764 65.8%
2013 70.41 224th 772 71.0%
2014 74.49 180th 777 76.8%
2015 73.95 188th 792 76.3%
2016 72.62 217th 742 70.8%
2017 71.74 219th 739 70.4%
2018 67.87 178th 728 75.5%
2019 75.52 191st 731 73.9%
2021 81.19 131st 729 82.0%
2022 74.64 183rd 727 74.8%
2023 81.33 128th 730 82.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Fifth Ward Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 90.29 16th 333 95.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Fifth Ward Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.91 213th 682 68.8%
2019 65.45 253rd 697 63.7%
2021 81.36 96th 719 86.6%
2022 73.08 160th 724 77.9%
2023 78.06 122nd 723 83.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Fifth Ward Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 77.71 142nd 684 79.2%
2021 79.92 122nd 705 82.7%
2022 65.23 248th 701 64.6%
2023 77.66 135th 705 80.9%
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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Fifth Ward Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.48 11th 281 96.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Fifth Ward Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 72.86 194th 696 72.1%
2021 84.15 93rd 704 86.8%
2022 78.18 146th 712 79.5%
2023 78.19 140th 713 80.4%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Fifth Ward Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.22 233rd 516 54.8%
2019 60.13 220th 517 57.4%
2021 70.15 137th 522 73.8%
2022 58.38 228th 517 55.9%
2023 67.62 159th 518 69.3%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Fifth Ward Junior High School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Fifth Ward Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 73.81 98th 396 75.3%
2008 63.90 161st 413 61.0%
2009 50.89 236th 425 44.5%
2010 58.72 194th 408 52.5%
2011 48.70 253rd 412 38.6%
2012 69.03 133rd 442 69.9%
2013 71.33 124th 457 72.9%
2014 77.59 94th 470 80.0%
2015 75.58 96th 482 80.1%
2016 67.95 143rd 435 67.1%
2017 58.78 198th 437 54.7%
2018 58.52 149th 411 63.7%
2019 73.06 126th 449 71.9%
2021 69.54 136th 459 70.4%
2022 67.91 145th 460 68.5%
2023 76.27 96th 465 79.4%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Fifth Ward Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 36.34 132nd 210 37.1%
2022 79.92 21st 206 89.8%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Fifth Ward Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.97 172nd 403 57.3%
2019 72.97 108th 430 74.9%
2021 62.42 160th 455 64.8%
2022 70.02 112th 458 75.5%
2023 76.81 85th 459 81.5%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Fifth Ward Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 77.31 94th 418 77.5%
2021 69.26 132nd 441 70.1%
2022 59.53 178th 441 59.6%
2023 74.97 96th 444 78.4%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Fifth Ward Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 57.99 178th 418 57.4%
2021 73.83 104th 442 76.5%
2022 76.21 85th 442 80.8%
2023 69.69 125th 443 71.8%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Fifth Ward Junior High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.62 208th 338 38.5%
2019 49.40 195th 350 44.3%
2021 51.05 181st 358 49.4%
2022 52.32 183rd 362 49.4%
2023 57.27 153rd 352 56.5%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Fifth Ward Junior High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 422 422
1990 404 14 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 418
1991 437 16 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 455
1992 405 21 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 428
1993 418 25 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 443
1994 432 24 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 459
1995 404 17 0 5 0 n/a n/a 0 426
1996 404 17 0 5 0 n/a n/a 0 426
1997 424 13 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 441
1998 450 15 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 468
1999 480 11 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 492
2000 500 9 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 509
2001 504 13 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 517
2002 536 12 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 548
2003 536 12 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 548
2004 547 22 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 569
2005 598 19 0 2 1 n/a n/a 0 620
2006 585 15 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 603
2007 555 15 4 1 0 n/a n/a 0 575
2008 516 17 2 4 0 n/a n/a 0 539
2009 505 17 1 4 4 n/a n/a 0 531
2010 538 15 1 6 2 n/a n/a 0 562
2011 553 18 2 4 0 0 0 0 577
2012 543 21 3 4 0 0 0 0 571
2013 520 18 1 8 0 0 2 0 549
2014 492 21 2 8 0 0 1 0 524
2015 465 24 2 8 0 0 0 0 499
2016 467 18 1 3 2 0 4 0 495
2017 469 17 0 4 3 0 5 0 498
2018 439 9 0 8 1 0 4 0 461
2019 442 10 0 12 1 0 5 0 470
2020 431 6 0 12 1 0 3 0 453
2021 349 3 0 15 0 0 4 0 371
2022 374 5 2 19 0 0 9 0 409
2023 396 7 2 18 0 0 7 0 430

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Fifth Ward Junior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 422 27.0 15.6 36.7
1990 418 29.0 14.4 35.4
1991 455 31.0 14.6 33
1992 428 32.0 13.3 35
1993 443 30.0 14.8 35.4
1994 459 32.0 14.3 32.7
1995 426 29.0 14.7 34.7
1996 426 29.0 14.7 34.7
1997 441 30.0 14.7 30.6
1998 468 31.6 14.8 30.3
1999 492 33.6 14.6 36.6
2000 509 36.6 13.9 39.9
2001 517 36.0 14.4 43.9
2002 548 40.0 13.7 49.1
2003 548 40.0 13.7 49.1
2004 569 41.0 13.9 49.2
2005 620 42.7 14.5 51
2006 603 43.7 13.8 59.2
2007 575 42.9 13.4 58.8
2008 539 44.4 12.1 53.4
2009 531 43.6 12.2 52.5
2010 562 44.1 12.7 55.2
2011 577 41.8 13.7 55.6
2012 571 47.9 11.9 56.9
2013 549 45.9 11.9 61.6
2014 524 44.8 11.6 55.9
2015 499 45.0 11.0 58.5
2016 495 51.0 9.7 62.4
2017 498 36.9 13.4 58.8
2018 461 33.6 13.6 56
2019 470 32.8 14.3 59.4
2020 453 32.6 13.8 60.7
2021 371 32.6 11.3 56.9
2022 409 33.1 12.3 43.3
2023 430 33.5 12.8 53.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Fifth Ward Junior High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 422 27.0 15.6 36.7
1990 418 29.0 14.4 35.4
1991 455 31.0 14.6 33
1992 428 32.0 13.3 35
1993 443 30.0 14.8 35.4
1994 459 32.0 14.3 32.7
1995 426 29.0 14.7 34.7
1996 426 29.0 14.7 34.7
1997 441 30.0 14.7 30.6
1998 468 31.6 14.8 30.3
1999 492 33.6 14.6 36.6
2000 509 36.6 13.9 39.9
2001 517 36.0 14.4 43.9
2002 548 40.0 13.7 49.1
2003 548 40.0 13.7 49.1
2004 569 41.0 13.9 49.2
2005 620 42.7 14.5 51
2006 603 43.7 13.8 59.2
2007 575 42.9 13.4 58.8
2008 539 44.4 12.1 53.4
2009 531 43.6 12.2 52.5
2010 562 44.1 12.7 55.2
2011 577 41.8 13.7 55.6
2012 571 47.9 11.9 56.9
2013 549 45.9 11.9 61.6
2014 524 44.8 11.6 55.9
2015 499 45.0 11.0 58.5
2016 495 51.0 9.7 62.4
2017 498 36.9 13.4 58.8
2018 461 33.6 13.6 56
2019 470 32.8 14.3 59.4
2020 453 32.6 13.8 60.7
2021 371 32.6 11.3 56.9
2022 409 33.1 12.3 43.3
2023 430 33.5 12.8 53.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Fifth Ward Junior High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $13,943
2018 $15,133
2019 $15,124
2020 $15,269

Data source: Louisiana Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Fifth Ward Junior High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 191st of 731 Elementary schoolsRanks 128th of 730 Elementary schools
 8.6%
Ranks 126th of 449 Middle schoolsRanks 96th of 465 Middle schools
 7.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Fifth Ward Junior High School)6876
 8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (St. Tammany Parish)8378
 5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6964
 5%
3rd Grade Social Studies (Fifth Ward Junior High School)4561
 16%
   3rd Grade Social Studies (St. Tammany Parish)6256
 6%
   3rd Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)4744
 3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Fifth Ward Junior High School)9581
 14%
   4th Grade Mathematics (St. Tammany Parish)7977
 2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6965
 4%
4th Grade Social Studies (Fifth Ward Junior High School)7665
 11%
   4th Grade Social Studies (St. Tammany Parish)6465
 1%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5153
 2%
5th Grade Mathematics (Fifth Ward Junior High School)9066
 24%
   5th Grade Mathematics (St. Tammany Parish)7371
 2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6359
 4%
5th Grade Social Studies (Fifth Ward Junior High School)5959
   5th Grade Social Studies (St. Tammany Parish)6865
 3%
   5th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5448
 6%
6th Grade Mathematics (Fifth Ward Junior High School)8679
 7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (St. Tammany Parish)7773
 4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)6157
 4%
6th Grade Social Studies (Fifth Ward Junior High School)6850
 18%
   6th Grade Social Studies (St. Tammany Parish)6856
 12%
   6th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5142
 9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Fifth Ward Junior High School)8270
 12%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (St. Tammany Parish)7975
 4%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7267
 5%
7th Grade Social Studies (Fifth Ward Junior High School)6062
 2%
   7th Grade Social Studies (St. Tammany Parish)6867
 1%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5552
 3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Fifth Ward Junior High School)7484
 10%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (St. Tammany Parish)7975
 4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7170
 1%
8th Grade Social Studies (Fifth Ward Junior High School)7371
 2%
   8th Grade Social Studies (St. Tammany Parish)7563
 12%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)6453
 11%
End of Course Algebra I (Fifth Ward Junior High School)100100
   End of Course Algebra I (St. Tammany Parish)7568
 7%
   End of Course Algebra I (Louisiana)6764
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students470430
 8.5%
African American107
 30%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian02
Hispanic1218
 50%
Pacific Islander00
White442396
 10.4%
Two or More Races57
 40%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients59.4%53.7%
 5.6%


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Fifth Ward Junior High School ranks 127th of 727 Louisiana elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 430 students attended Fifth Ward Junior High School.

Students who attend Fifth Ward Junior High School usually go on to attend:

High : Covington High School

Students at Fifth Ward Junior High School are 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% African American, 2% Two or more races.


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