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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Sixth Ward Elementary School, Pearl River, LA

CEP schoolSixth Ward Elementary School is a public elementary school in Pearl River, part of St. Tammany Parish. It enrolled 335 students in 2024-25, with 10.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
335
Teachers (FTE)
32.0
Students per teacher
10.5
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 2.3 lower than the district figure of 12.8. The Louisiana average across schools is 13.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.5
District12.8
Louisiana13.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
72360 Highway 41, Pearl River, LA 70452
Phone
(985)863-7126
District
St. Tammany Parish
County
St. Tammany Parish
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
220165001293
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
181
Reduced-price lunch
20
Free or reduced-price lunch
20160.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
170Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in St. Tammany Parish

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.