Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH·NCES 220153002003
Fifth Ward Elementary School
158 Panther Drive, Reserve, LA 70084 · (985) 536-4221 · St. John the Baptist Parish
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
266 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (58).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within St. John the Baptist Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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LEAP 2025 2024-25 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
20.0%
LA avg 41.4% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
15.0%
LA avg 33.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 41 and 33. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 2 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 19.0% | 17.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fifth Ward Elementary School
Fifth Ward Elementary School's state test result (15.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fifth Ward Elementary School this school | 306 | 86.9% | 15.3% |
| W. Smith Jr. Elementary School Violet | 333 | 88.9% | 23.2% |
| Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl. Garyville | 305 | 84.3% | 22.8% |
| Baker Heights Elementary School Baker | 381 | 89.0% | 7.6% |
| Riverbend Elementary School West Monroe | 301 | 81.1% | 18.7% |
| Magnolia Woods Elementary School Baton Rouge | 409 | 84.1% | 26.5% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fifth Ward Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. John the Baptist Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #507 of 583 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #508 of 582 ▼ 25 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #536 of 587 ▼ 3 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #533 of 714 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #153 of 655 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.6% | #461 of 655 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #172 of 705 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.2% | #26 of 436 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
306
-96 (-24%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 306 | 25.8 | 11.9:1 | 87% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 352 | 30.1 | 11.7:1 | 80% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 23.5 | 15.4:1 | 41% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 4% (17) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 38.5 | 12.9:1 | 72% (358) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 35 | 12.5:1 | 79% (343) |
| 2010-11 | 473 | 39 | 12.1:1 | 98% (463) |
| 2000-01 | 406 | 39 | 10.4:1 | 97% (392) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fifth Ward Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (495 to 306); teachers down 33% (38.5 to 25.8).
About Fifth Ward Elementary School
Fifth Ward Elementary School, located in Reserve, Louisiana, is a small elementary school. In all, 306 students attend the school in pre-K through 4. That puts enrollment 32% below the 453-student average for elementary schools in Louisiana.
St. John the Baptist Parish runs Fifth Ward Elementary School along with 9 other schools, enrolling 5,039 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Fifth Ward Elementary School is Black: 78%. The remaining shares are 16% Hispanic and 4% White. St. John the Baptist Parish as a whole is about 57% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Fifth Ward Elementary School scores 37%.
On staff are 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.9:1. Elementary schools in Louisiana average 14.0:1, 2.1 more students per teacher than here. Fifth Ward Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 87%.
Fifth Ward Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 6% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
In Louisiana, Fifth Ward Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 15.3% actual against a predicted 21.7%.
American Community Survey estimates for St. John the Baptist Parish show that median household income comes to about $66,630, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 10, with about 5,039 students.
A public school about 1.6 miles away, East St. John Preparatory Academy, is the closest to Fifth Ward Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Fifth Ward Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 15.3% is below the 22.4% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 402 students in 2020-21 to 306 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.9:1 to 11.9:1.
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St. John the Baptist Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,743
Census ACS
Median income
$66,630
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
5,039 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. John the Baptist Parish
- East St. John High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Lake Pontchartrain Elementary SchoolElementary · 754 students
- LaPlace Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- Emily C. Watkins ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- John L. Ory Communications Magnet ElementaryElementary · 428 students
- East St. John Preparatory AcademyMiddle · 318 students
Nearby schools
- East St. John Preparatory Academy1.6 mi · 318
- East St. John High School1.8 mi · 1,293
- West St. John Elementary School (K-7)2.2 mi · 188
- West St. John High School2.8 mi · 186
- John L. Ory Communications Magnet Elementary2.9 mi · 428
- LaPlace Elementary School3.1 mi · 710
Frequently asked questions
About Fifth Ward Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Fifth Ward Elementary School?
Fifth Ward Elementary School enrolls approximately 306 students in grades PK-04.
Is Fifth Ward Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Fifth Ward Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Fifth Ward Elementary School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Fifth Ward Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fifth Ward Elementary School?
At Fifth Ward Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 16% Hispanic, 78% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Fifth Ward Elementary School public or private?
Fifth Ward Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by St. John the Baptist Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.