Summary:
The 70084 zip code area is home to two schools - East St. John High School, serving grades 9-12 with 1,467 students, and Fifth Ward Elementary School, serving grades PK-4 with 352 students. Both schools face significant academic challenges, with test scores well below the state average and high rates of poverty and chronic absenteeism.
East St. John High School has a 83.2% four-year graduation rate and a 3.3% dropout rate, but its students perform 10-20 percentage points lower than the Louisiana average on LEAP/End of Course assessments in subjects like Algebra I, Geometry, English II, and U.S. History. Fifth Ward Elementary lags the state average by 10-15 percentage points in Math and English Language Arts proficiency across all grades. Both schools have high free/reduced lunch rates, with East St. John High at 65.92% and Fifth Ward Elementary at an even higher 80.4%.
The schools are part of the St. John the Baptist Parish school district, which is ranked 68th out of 118 districts in Louisiana and rated only 2 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger. With limited school options in the 70084 zip code, addressing the systemic challenges facing these schools, from poverty to chronic absenteeism, will be critical to improving educational outcomes for students in this community.
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