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Wildwood Elementary School

444 Halfway Tree Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70810 · (225) 766-6002 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Louisiana public elementary schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • A+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 elementary schools

Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 453
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
284 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K338%
Kindergarten6214%
Grade 16014%
Grade 27317%
Grade 38620%
Grade 44911%
Grade 57016%

This year's kindergarten class (62) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).

Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65% · US 70%
White
379%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 41% · US 43%
Hispanic
13030%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
19846%
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 42% · US 15%
Asian
4510%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
174%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
41%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
23755%
Female
19645%

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Test scores

LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+
English Language Arts
52.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +13.0pp since 2022
Math
43.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +12.0pp since 2022

What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.

LEAP 2025 results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2025-2652.0%43.0%
2024-2549.0%44.0%
2023-2446.0%36.0%
2022-2339.0%31.0%
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Wildwood Elementary School

Wildwood Elementary School's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Wildwood Elementary School this school43365.6%39.0%
Twin Oaks Elementary School
Baton Rouge
41768.1%32.3%
Walter Schneckenburger Elem School
Kenner
32767.3%33.7%
Shenandoah Elementary School
Baton Rouge
58464.4%51.5%
Parkview Elementary School
Baton Rouge
49967.7%48.8%
Ruppel Academie Francaise
Gretna
36260.5%72.7%
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 Wildwood Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn LouisianaIn East Baton Rouge Parish
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
39.0%#231 of 583#12 of 49
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
43.0%#187 of 582
▼ 19
#12 of 49
▼ 1
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
52.0%#158 of 587
▲ 43
#10 of 50
▲ 2
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+12.5pp#25 of 540#4 of 36
Enrollment
ranked largest first
433#339 of 714#28 of 67
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.4:1#114 of 655#10 of 60
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
68.1%#44 of 655#1 of 60
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
65.6%#469 of 705#53 of 65
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-25.6%#108 of 436#14 of 39
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 2024-25
Enrollment
433
-71 (-14%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 20.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-254333811.4:166% (284)
2023-2447043.410.8:155% (257)
2022-2353325.720.7:159% (313)
2020-215042520.2:137% (187)
2017-185822523.3:158% (335)
2015-16481N/AN/A48% (229)
2010-114603313.9:186% (394)
2000-013602216.4:171% (254)
1990-915303017.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wildwood Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 26% (582 to 433); teachers up 52% (25 to 38).

About Wildwood Elementary School

Wildwood Elementary School, located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 433 students in pre-K through 5.

East Baton Rouge Parish counts 83 schools and 40,083 students, including Wildwood Elementary School.

The student body at Wildwood Elementary School has no majority group. Black students lead at 46%. Next come 30% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 9% White, and 4% multiracial. In East Baton Rouge Parish overall, the Black share is about 44%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.

The school lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Louisiana is 14.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 284 students, or 66%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

On the allk12 Grade, Wildwood Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 69% of Louisiana public elementary schools.

Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Wildwood Elementary School would score about 37.1%. It scores 39.0%, 1.9 points above that figure.

In East Baton Rouge Parish, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $63,071, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county has 132 public schools and about 66,892 students.

Magnolia Woods Elementary School is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Wildwood Elementary School is 3rd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

Wildwood Elementary School is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.

In 2020-21, Wildwood Elementary School enrolled 504 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 433. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.4:1) than in 2020-21 (20.2:1).

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East Baton Rouge Parish at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Wildwood Elementary School
District
East Baton Rouge Parish
Address
444 Halfway Tree Rd, Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Phone
(225) 766-6002
County
East Baton Rouge Parish
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
433
Teachers (FTE)
38
Student–teacher ratio
11.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
284 (66%)
Locale
12-City: Mid-size
NCES ID
220054000445
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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14 other US public schools in 12 states are named Wildwood Elementary. Wildwood Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 15.

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Frequently asked questions

About Wildwood Elementary School
What is the total enrollment at Wildwood Elementary School?
Wildwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Wildwood Elementary School serve?
Wildwood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Wildwood Elementary School have?
Wildwood Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Wildwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wildwood Elementary School are roughly 9% White, 30% Hispanic, 46% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Wildwood Elementary School?
Wildwood Elementary School is overseen by East Baton Rouge Parish in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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