Woodlawn Elementary School

Woodlawn Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized elementary-level communitys in West Monroe, Louisiana, overseen by Ouachita Parish, with 508 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Woodlawn Elementary School is one of 36 schools operated by Ouachita Parish, a district that instructs 17,435 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Woodlawn Elementary School logs that nearly all students (94%) are White. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the resource side, On paper, Woodlawn Elementary School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.0:1 average. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Woodlawn Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Ouachita Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $54,688, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. Across Ouachita Parish's 59 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,952 students), Woodlawn Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Woodlawn Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Woodlawn Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodlawn Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 31.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 20%: 632 students in 2018 compared to 508 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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