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Enrollment
1,480
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CADDO PARISH·NCES 220030000207
Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School
9360 Woolworth Road, Shreveport, LA 71129 · (318) 687-6610 · Caddo Parish
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,480 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
15.2:1
98 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
1,005 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 | 57 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 118 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 139 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 139 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 147 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 141 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 158 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 203 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 190 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 188 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 37% smaller than its 8th grade class (188).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
34.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
20.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 34.0% | 20.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School
Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School's state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School this school | 1,480 | 67.9% | 24.0% |
| Hammond Eastside Magnet Hammond | 1,340 | 74.3% | 22.0% |
| Champ Cooper Elementary School Ponchatoula | 1,163 | 65.7% | 23.8% |
| Rollins Place Elementary Zachary | 774 | 67.8% | N/A |
| Homer Plessy Community School New Orleans | 781 | 68.9% | N/A |
| W.L. Abney Elementary Slidell | 936 | 72.0% | 22.0% |
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 Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Caddo Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #391 of 583 | #12 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #434 of 582 ▼ 20 | #18 of 35 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #358 of 587 ▲ 13 | #11 of 35 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #192 of 540 | #13 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,480 | #1 of 714 | #1 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #494 of 655 | #27 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #223 of 655 | #6 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.9% | #433 of 705 | #26 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #297 of 436 | #20 of 25 |
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
1,480
-117 (-7%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 1,291
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 1,480 | 97.7 | 15.2:1 | 68% (1,005) |
| 2023-24 | 1,472 | 89.3 | 16.5:1 | 67% (991) |
| 2022-23 | 1,509 | 76.3 | 19.8:1 | 66% (993) |
| 2020-21 | 1,597 | 68 | 23.5:1 | 54% (855) |
| 2017-18 | 1,647 | 79.1 | 20.8:1 | 43% (700) |
| 2015-16 | 1,733 | N/A | N/A | 66% (1,139) |
| 2010-11 | 1,652 | 93 | 17.8:1 | 61% (1,015) |
| 2000-01 | 1,581 | 84 | 18.8:1 | 39% (609) |
| 1990-91 | 1,291 | 74 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,647 to 1,480); teachers up 23% (79.1 to 97.7).
About Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School
Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School is a large elementary school based in Shreveport, Louisiana. A total of 1,480 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 8. Against the 453-student average for elementary schools in Louisiana, enrollment here is 227% higher.
Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School is part of Caddo Parish, where 57 schools serve 32,649 students.
Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School is 58% Black by enrollment. The remaining shares are 29% White, 9% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Caddo Parish, the Black share is about 49%. Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School is 97.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.2:1. This ratio sits 1.2 above the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 68%. That tracks the 68% average for public schools in Caddo Parish.
allk12 grades Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School would be expected to post about 35.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.0%.
Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School is located in Caddo Parish, where the median household income is $50,705, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School is one of 61 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Caddo Virtual Academy, about 4.5 miles away. Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School has 4 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 15.0% on proficiency, and Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School is above that at 24.0%.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment is down 7% from 2020-21, when Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School had 1,597 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,480. The ratio of students to teachers went from 23.5:1 to 15.2:1 over the same years.
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Caddo Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,004
Census ACS
Median income
$50,705
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
33,851 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Caddo Parish
- Captain Shreve High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- C.E. Byrd High SchoolHigh · 1,517 students
- Turner Elementary Middle SchoolElementary · 1,437 students
- Magnolia School of ExcellenceCombined · 1,430 students
- Huntington High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
- Youree Dr. Middle Advanced Placement Magnet SchoolMiddle · 992 students
Other schools in Shreveport
- Captain Shreve High SchoolHigh · 1,658 students
- C.E. Byrd High SchoolHigh · 1,517 students
- Turner Elementary Middle SchoolElementary · 1,437 students
- Magnolia School of ExcellenceCombined · 1,430 students
- Huntington High SchoolHigh · 1,345 students
- Linwood Public Charter SchoolElementary · 1,092 students
Nearby schools
- Caddo Virtual Academy4.5 mi · 110
- Turner Elementary Middle School4.7 mi · 1,437
- Summerfield Elementary School4.7 mi · 428
- Huntington High School4.9 mi · 1,345
- Southwood High School5.2 mi · 971
- Keithville Elementary/Middle School5.5 mi · 818
Frequently asked questions
About Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School?
Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School enrolls approximately 1,480 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School serve?
Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School have?
Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School employs 98 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School?
Student demographics at Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School are roughly 29% White, 9% Hispanic, 58% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School public or private?
Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Caddo Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.