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What's something Woodlawn Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
658
Elementary
DISTRICT 407 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH·NCES 220054002265
Woodlawn Elementary
8160 Antioch Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70817 · (225) 756-3681 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL658 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.1:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
450 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 65% · US 70%
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
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
52.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
47.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +10.0pp 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 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 10 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 37.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Woodlawn Elementary
Woodlawn Elementary's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn Elementary this school | 658 | 68.4% | 44.0% |
| Carencro Bob Lilly Elementary Carencro | 705 | 69.1% | 28.8% |
| St. Rose Elementary School St. Rose | 540 | 68.1% | 36.5% |
| Katharine Drexel Elementary School Broussard | 583 | 71.0% | 31.7% |
| Arlene Meraux Elementary School Chalmette | 583 | 70.3% | 30.5% |
| S.J. Montgomery Elementary School Lafayette | 663 | 75.6% | 22.2% |
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 Woodlawn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #165 of 583 | #11 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #153 of 582 ▲ 47 | #11 of 49 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #159 of 587 ▼ 6 | #11 of 50 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #143 of 540 | #9 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 658 | #99 of 714 | #9 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #311 of 655 | #33 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #109 of 655 | #7 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.4% | #428 of 705 | #45 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #407 of 436 | #38 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 2024-25Enrollment
658
+35 (+6%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 725
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 18.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 658 | 49.7 | 13.3:1 | 68% (450) |
| 2023-24 | 709 | 51.4 | 13.8:1 | 51% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 718 | 37 | 19.4:1 | 65% (465) |
| 2020-21 | 623 | 34 | 18.3:1 | 41% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 36 | 18.6:1 | 59% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 692 | N/A | N/A | 38% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 725 | 41 | 17.7:1 | 67% (486) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodlawn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (671 to 658); teachers up 38% (36 to 49.7).
About Woodlawn Elementary
Woodlawn Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school's enrollment of 658 students covers pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Louisiana average about 453 students each.
Woodlawn Elementary reports to East Baton Rouge Parish, which has 83 schools and 40,083 students.
Black students are the majority at Woodlawn Elementary, with 52% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 17% White, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 44% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 13.3:1 comes from the school's 49.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 0.7 students per teacher below the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 68% in 2024-25. That tracks the 70% average for public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Measured against Louisiana public elementary schools, Woodlawn Elementary receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 35.1% for a school in Louisiana with Woodlawn Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Woodlawn Elementary posts 44.0%.
In the county around the school, East Baton Rouge Parish, the median household income is $63,071, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. There are 132 public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish, enrolling about 66,892 students in all.
Woodlawn High School is the public school closest to Woodlawn Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 42.9%; Woodlawn Elementary's is 44.0%, ranking 4th of 6.
The federal government classifies Woodlawn Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 658, a 6% increase from 623 in 2020-21. The ratio was 18.3:1 in 2020-21 and 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Woodlawn Elementary may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
East Baton Rouge Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Baton Rouge Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolHigh · 1,331 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
- IDEA BridgeCombined · 1,122 students
- Tara High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
- BASIS Baton Rouge Materra CampusCombined · 888 students
Other schools in Baton Rouge
- University View Academy Inc. (FRM LA Connections)Combined · 3,725 students
- Louisiana Virtual Charter AcademyCombined · 2,239 students
- Baton Rouge Magnet High SchoolHigh · 1,593 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- LSU Laboratory SchoolCombined · 1,463 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolHigh · 1,331 students
Other Woodlawn Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 11 states are named Woodlawn Elementary. Woodlawn Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 13.
- Woodlawn Elementary SchoolWest Monroe, LA · 508 students
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSEBRING, FL · 834 students
- Woodlawn ElementaryWoodlawn, TN · 708 students
- Woodlawn Elementary SchoolDanville, KY · 657 students
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSCHENECTADY, NY · 502 students
Nearby schools
- Woodlawn High School0.3 mi · 1,331
- Woodlawn Middle School1.1 mi · 807
- Shenandoah Elementary School1.4 mi · 584
- BASIS Baton Rouge Materra Campus1.4 mi · 888
- Parkview Elementary School2.6 mi · 499
- Baton Rouge Ochsner Discovery3.4 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About Woodlawn ElementaryHow many students attend Woodlawn Elementary?
Woodlawn Elementary enrolls approximately 658 students in grades PK-05.
Is Woodlawn Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Woodlawn Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Woodlawn Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodlawn Elementary is approximately 13.3:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Woodlawn Elementary?
At Woodlawn Elementary, the student body is approximately 17% White, 25% Hispanic, 52% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Woodlawn Elementary in?
Woodlawn Elementary is part of East Baton Rouge Parish.
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