Best Public Schools in Zip Code 70431

Summary:

The 70431 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Fifth Ward Junior High School, which serves grades PK-8 and has a total enrollment of 445 students. The school is part of the St. Tammany Parish school district, which is ranked 19th out of 118 districts in Louisiana and has a 4-star rating.

Fifth Ward Junior High School has consistently maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past three school years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 84th to 150th out of 666-730 Louisiana elementary schools. The school has outperformed the St. Tammany Parish and Louisiana state averages in both Mathematics and English Language Arts proficiency across multiple grade levels in the 2024-2025 school year. Additionally, the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 10.2 for the 2023-2024 school year.

Despite a relatively high free/reduced lunch rate of 56.63% for the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a significant socioeconomic need among the student population, Fifth Ward Junior High School has been able to achieve strong academic results. However, the school faces challenges with a chronic absenteeism rate of 24.6% for the 2023-2024 school year, which may be an area of focus for the school to ensure consistent student engagement and learning.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				LEAP Mathematics (2025)					LEAP English Language Arts (2025)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	LEAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	LEAP Mathematics 4th Grade	LEAP Mathematics 6th Grade	LEAP Mathematics 8th Grade	LEAP Mathematics All Grades	LEAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	LEAP English Language Arts All Grades	Total
Fifth Ward Junior High School	Public	PK, KG-8	81419 Highway 21	Bush	70431	St. Tammany Parish	St. Tammany Parish	No	No	No	Yes	(985) 886-3273	440	43	10.1	52.3%	405 (92.0%)	8 (1.8%)	17 (3.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.8%)	77.7	150^th of 666 public elementary schools	77.5%		86.3	84^th of 675 public elementary schools	87.6%	66	64.0	91.0	82.0	50.0	73.0	68.0	83.0	92.0	88.0	89.0	83.0	$20,049

Cities Near Zip Code 70431

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bush	3.71 mi	1	39^th
Covington	5.7 mi	9	149^th
Abita Springs	8.92 mi	2	37^th
Franklinton	10.74 mi	7	122^nd
Folsom	12.15 mi	2	42^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Louisiana Dept of Education.

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