Woodland Park Magnet

Located at 1000 Range Road, in Hammond, Louisiana, Woodland Park Magnet is a mid-sized elementary school that instructs 458 students (grades pre-K through 3), part of Tangipahoa Parish.

Tangipahoa Parish comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 19,077 students; Woodland Park Magnet is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Woodland Park Magnet reports that the largest single group is Black, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 10% Hispanic, 6% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Woodland Park Magnet tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Tangipahoa Parish's rate of about 73%.

With demographic context factored in, Woodland Park Magnet performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.8%, the actual is 14.0%, a residual of -5.8 points.

In the area at large, Tangipahoa Parish reports that the typical household earns roughly $56,760 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Tangipahoa Parish's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,077 students), Woodland Park Magnet is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Greenville Park Leadership Academy, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Woodland Park Magnet. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodland Park Magnet at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 24.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Woodland Park Magnet's enrollment has contracted 9% since 2018, when it stood at 501 (now 458). White enrollment moved from 10% to 6% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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