Enrollment
335
Elementary
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. TAMMANY PARISH·NCES 220165001293
Sixth Ward Elementary School
72360 Highway 41, Pearl River, LA 70452 · (985) 863-7126 · St. Tammany Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL335 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
10.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
201 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
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LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
56.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +1.0pp since 2022
Math
51.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 56.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Sixth Ward Elementary School
Sixth Ward Elementary School's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sixth Ward Elementary School this school | 335 | 60.0% | 47.5% |
| Olla-Standard Elementary School Olla | 398 | 59.8% | 39.8% |
| Buckeye Elementary School Deville | 419 | 62.5% | N/A |
| Cypress Cove Elementary School Sulphur | 399 | 60.2% | 47.0% |
| Branch Elementary School Branch | 374 | 58.8% | 35.0% |
| East Beauregard Elementary School DeRidder | 425 | 56.9% | 38.5% |
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 Sixth Ward Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In St. Tammany Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #126 of 583 | #7 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #116 of 582 ▲ 91 | #5 of 23 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #117 of 587 ▲ 24 | #6 of 23 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #223 of 540 | #4 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #491 of 714 | #24 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #55 of 655 | #6 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.7% | #569 of 655 | #27 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.0% | #540 of 705 | #10 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #187 of 197 | #12 of 12 |
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
335
+60 (+22%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 335 | 32.4 | 10.4:1 | 60% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 29.9 | 11.5:1 | 62% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 321 | 23.7 | 13.6:1 | 63% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 275 | 20 | 13.8:1 | 66% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 332 | 22.1 | 15.0:1 | 72% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 34 | 11.3:1 | 81% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 32 | 12.8:1 | 79% (324) |
| 2000-01 | 468 | 39 | 12.0:1 | 57% (265) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 35 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sixth Ward Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (332 to 335); teachers up 46% (22.1 to 32.4).
About Sixth Ward Elementary School
Sixth Ward Elementary School serves students in Pearl River, Louisiana, as a low-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment stands at 335 students, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 26% below the average for elementary schools in Louisiana.
Enrollment across the 55 schools in St. Tammany Parish totals 35,956 students.
White students account for 91% of the school's enrollment. It is also 6% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. St. Tammany Parish's residents are about 74% White, 17 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 17% means there is a 17% chance two randomly chosen students at Sixth Ward Elementary School are from different groups.
For every teacher at Sixth Ward Elementary School, there are about 10.4 students; the school has 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 201 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 60% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in St. Tammany Parish average 44%.
Sixth Ward Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 79% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Sixth Ward Elementary School scores 47.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 41.1%.
In the surrounding county, St. Tammany Parish, the median household earns about $81,202 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Sixth Ward Elementary School, St. Tammany Parish has 56 public schools.
Nicholson Elementary is about 7.0 miles from Sixth Ward Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The ten-mile area around Sixth Ward Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 51.6%, higher than Sixth Ward Elementary School's 47.5%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 335, from 275 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 13.8 to 10.4 over 4 years.
The Sixth Ward Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
St. Tammany Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
272,421
Census ACS
Median income
$81,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
36,212 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Tammany Parish
- Mandeville High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Slidell High SchoolHigh · 1,654 students
- Covington High SchoolHigh · 1,600 students
- Northshore High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Joseph B. Lancaster Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,480 students
- Fontainebleau High SchoolHigh · 1,451 students
Other schools in Pearl River
- Pearl River High SchoolHigh · 781 students
- Creekside Junior HighMiddle · 447 students
- Riverside Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
- Little Pearl Elementary SchoolElementary · 98 students
Other Sixth Ward Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sixth Ward Elementary. Sixth Ward Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Sixth Ward Elementary SchoolVacherie, LA · 269 students
Nearby schools
- Nicholson Elementary7.0 mi · 324
- Early Head Start Nicholson7.0 mi · 186
- South Side Lower Elementary7.2 mi · 320
- South Side Upper Elementary7.3 mi · 310
- Creekside Junior High7.3 mi · 447
- West Side Elementary7.8 mi · 444
Frequently asked questions
About Sixth Ward Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sixth Ward Elementary School?
Sixth Ward Elementary School enrolls approximately 335 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sixth Ward Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sixth Ward Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Sixth Ward Elementary School have?
Sixth Ward Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Sixth Ward Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sixth Ward Elementary School are roughly 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Sixth Ward Elementary School?
Sixth Ward Elementary School is overseen by St. Tammany Parish in St. Tammany Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.