Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School

Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School, a moderately sized elementary campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, run under East Baton Rouge Parish, instructs 453 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 83 schools in East Baton Rouge Parish (40,083 students total), Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School lists that the largest single group is Black at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 36% White, 12% Asian, 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below East Baton Rouge Parish's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School sits in the top 10% of Louisiana schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 56.8%; actual is 89.3%, +32.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for East Baton Rouge Parish shows median household income runs about $63,071, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, East Baton Rouge Parish runs 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), of which Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School is one.

The closest other public school is B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 443 (now 453). Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 35% to 44%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.