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Enrollment
538
Middle
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH·NCES 220054000442
Westdale Middle School
5650 Claycut Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70806 · (225) 924-1308 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Louisiana public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
386 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 201 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 178 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 159 | 30% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
30.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
21.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +4.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 2 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 4 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 30.0% | 21.0% |
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Westdale Middle School
Westdale Middle School's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westdale Middle School this school | 538 | 71.7% | 23.0% |
| Park Forest Middle School Baton Rouge | 445 | 74.4% | 9.3% |
| Carencro Middle School Carencro | 585 | 77.6% | 20.7% |
| Gonzales Middle School Gonzales | 664 | 68.5% | 25.8% |
| Woodlawn Middle School Baton Rouge | 807 | 67.8% | 30.0% |
| Acadian Middle School Lafayette | 340 | 75.9% | 16.3% |
Matched among Louisiana middle 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 Westdale Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #147 of 213 | #8 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #140 of 210 ▲ 1 | #8 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #157 of 213 ▼ 1 | #8 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #112 of 197 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #72 of 220 | #9 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.9:1 | #1 of 195 | #1 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #108 of 195 | #7 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.7% | #99 of 214 | #8 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.0% | #8 of 162 | #2 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
538
-316 (-37%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 538 | 67.8 | 7.9:1 | 72% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 64.2 | 8.7:1 | 65% (361) |
| 2022-23 | 757 | 44.8 | 16.9:1 | 69% (524) |
| 2020-21 | 854 | 41 | 20.8:1 | 57% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 927 | 46.7 | 19.9:1 | 72% (670) |
| 2015-16 | 1,052 | N/A | N/A | 51% (538) |
| 2010-11 | 929 | 95 | 9.8:1 | 83% (774) |
| 2000-01 | 714 | 54 | 13.2:1 | 64% (454) |
| 1990-91 | 639 | 38 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westdale Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (927 to 538); teachers up 45% (46.7 to 67.8).
About Westdale Middle School
Westdale Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, administered by East Baton Rouge Parish. The school has 538 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Louisiana have about 440 students on average; enrollment here is 22% higher.
East Baton Rouge Parish has 83 schools and 40,083 students, and Westdale Middle School is one of those schools.
About 66% of the student body at Westdale Middle School is Black. Other students are 20% Hispanic, 10% White, and 2% Asian. By comparison, East Baton Rouge Parish residents are about 44% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Westdale Middle School totals 67.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 7.9:1. Statewide, middle schools in Louisiana average 41.0:1. Federal data show 72% of students (386) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish is similar, at 70%.
Among Louisiana public middle schools, Westdale Middle School outscored 20%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Westdale Middle School is -9.7 points: 23.0% actual, 32.7% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for East Baton Rouge Parish show that median household income comes to about $63,071, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. The county's public schools total 132, with about 66,892 students.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School, is the closest to Westdale Middle School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Westdale Middle School. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, Westdale Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Westdale Middle School enrolled 854 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 538. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.8:1 to 7.9:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Westdale Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
East Baton Rouge Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
452,938
Census ACS
Median income
$63,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
66,892 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Baton Rouge Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolHigh · 1,331 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
- IDEA BridgeCombined · 1,122 students
- Tara High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
- BASIS Baton Rouge Materra CampusCombined · 888 students
Other schools in Baton Rouge
- University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections)Combined · 3,725 students
- Louisiana Virtual Charter AcademyCombined · 2,239 students
- Baton Rouge Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- LSU Laboratory SchoolCombined · 1,463 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolHigh · 1,331 students
Nearby schools
- Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School0.7 mi · 453
- Louisiana Virtual Charter Academy0.8 mi · 2,239
- Louisiana Rebirth Blended Learning Academy0.8 mi · 444
- Bernard Terrace Elementary School1.0 mi · 240
- B. R. Foreign Language Acad. Immersion Magnet1.2 mi · 557
- Melrose Elementary School1.5 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About Westdale Middle SchoolHow many students attend Westdale Middle School?
Westdale Middle School enrolls approximately 538 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Westdale Middle School serve?
Westdale Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Westdale Middle School?
Approximately 7.9:1 students per teacher at Westdale Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westdale Middle School?
At Westdale Middle School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 20% Hispanic, 66% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Westdale Middle School public or private?
Westdale Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Baton Rouge Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.