Woodland West School

As a mid-sized elementary-level community in Harvey, Louisiana, Woodland West School enrolls 631 students from grades pre-K through 8, one of the schools within Jefferson Parish. Compared to the state average of about 453 students per school, that is 39% above typical.

Within Jefferson Parish, which oversees 74 schools and 46,790 students, Woodland West School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Woodland West School shows that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 20% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% Asian. By comparison, Jefferson Parish as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Woodland West School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 81% of students at Woodland West School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Jefferson Parish's rate of about 68%.

With demographic context factored in, Woodland West School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.3%; this one delivers 20.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Jefferson Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $65,252 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Jefferson Parish runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,983 students), of which Woodland West School is one.

Woodmere School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodland West School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 29.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Woodland West School has ticked down 14%, going from 732 students in 2018 to 631 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 60% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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