Woodlake Elementary School

Woodlake Elementary School is an elementary school of mid-tier scale in Mandeville, Louisiana, part of St. Tammany Parish, instructing 442 students in grades pre-K through 3.

Within St. Tammany Parish, which oversees 55 schools and 35,956 students, Woodlake Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Woodlake Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. Compared to St. Tammany Parish overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Woodlake Elementary School reports 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against St. Tammany Parish (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Woodlake Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.2%; this one delivers 56.0%.

Around the school, census data for St. Tammany Parish shows median household earnings sit near $81,202, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, St. Tammany Parish runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,212 students), of which Woodlake Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Mandeville Junior High School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Woodlake Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 61.1%.

Woodlake Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Woodlake Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 606 (now 442). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 78% to 72%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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