Northwood High School

Set in Shreveport, Louisiana, Northwood High School is a middle-of-the-pack 9-12 campus, overseen by Caddo Parish. It teaches 989 students across grades 9 through 13. Compared to the state average of about 711 students per school, that is 39% bigger than typical.

Within Caddo Parish, which oversees 57 schools and 32,649 students, Northwood High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Northwood High School shows that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 38% Black, 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Northwood High School reports 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Caddo Parish's rate of about 68%.

Zooming out to the county, Caddo Parish reports that median household income runs about $50,705, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. In all, Caddo Parish runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,851 students), of which Northwood High School is one.

Donnie Bickham Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 1,028 students in 2018 compared to 989 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 56% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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