Woodlawn High School

Woodlawn High School, a heavily attended secondary school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, operated by East Baton Rouge Parish, hosts 1,331 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 711 students per school, that is 87% bigger than typical.

Across the 83 schools in East Baton Rouge Parish (40,083 students total), Woodlawn High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Woodlawn High School shows that 62% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 15% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, East Baton Rouge Parish as a whole is about 44% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (East Baton Rouge Parish) records that median household earnings sit near $63,071, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across East Baton Rouge Parish's 132 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,892 students), Woodlawn High School is one campus in the mix.

Woodlawn Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Woodlawn High School has ticked up 20%, going from 1,113 students in 2018 to 1,331 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 22% to 15% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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