Wildwood Elementary School

Wildwood Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, operated by East Baton Rouge Parish. The school educates 433 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, Wildwood Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 30% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 9% White, 4% multiracial. Compared to East Baton Rouge Parish overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Wildwood Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 66% of students at Wildwood Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wildwood Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for East Baton Rouge Parish put median household income runs about $63,071, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, East Baton Rouge Parish runs 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), of which Wildwood Elementary School is one.

Magnolia Woods Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wildwood Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.9%.

Wildwood Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wildwood Elementary School has decreased 26%, going from 582 students in 2018 to 433 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 15% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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