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Enrollment
807
Middle
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH·NCES 220054001692
Woodlawn Middle School
14939 Tiger Bend Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70817 · (225) 751-0436 · East Baton Rouge Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL807 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Louisiana public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
547 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 289 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 254 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 264 | 33% |
Student demographics
62%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
36.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -6.0pp since 2022
Math
24.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 6 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 36.0% | 24.0% |
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Middle School
Woodlawn Middle School's state test result (30.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn Middle School this school | 807 | 67.8% | 30.0% |
| F. K. White Middle School Lake Charles | 614 | 62.9% | 34.0% |
| Southeast Middle School Baton Rouge | 826 | 75.2% | 13.7% |
| Westdale Middle School Baton Rouge | 538 | 71.7% | 23.0% |
| Andrew Jackson Middle School Chalmette | 546 | 67.8% | 31.3% |
| St. Tammany Junior High School Slidell | 686 | 71.3% | 17.8% |
Matched among Louisiana middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In East Baton Rouge Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #110 of 213 | #7 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #124 of 210 ▼ 11 | #7 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #132 of 213 ▼ 13 | #7 of 15 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #29 of 197 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 807 | #15 of 220 | #5 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #77 of 195 | #7 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #47 of 195 | #3 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.8% | #116 of 214 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #129 of 162 | #7 of 10 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
807
-243 (-23%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 966
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 807 | 63.2 | 12.8:1 | 68% (547) |
| 2023-24 | 842 | 71.1 | 11.8:1 | 55% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 887 | 42.1 | 21.1:1 | 69% (615) |
| 2020-21 | 1,050 | 43 | 24.4:1 | 46% (484) |
| 2017-18 | 899 | 38.7 | 23.2:1 | 68% (615) |
| 2015-16 | 857 | N/A | N/A | 43% (365) |
| 2010-11 | 966 | 76 | 12.7:1 | 70% (673) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodlawn Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (899 to 807); teachers up 63% (38.7 to 63.2).
About Woodlawn Middle School
Woodlawn Middle School is a large middle school that serves part of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A total of 807 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Louisiana is about 440 students, so this school is 83% larger than average.
Woodlawn Middle School is part of a district of 83 schools: East Baton Rouge Parish, with 40,083 students.
Black students are the majority at Woodlawn Middle School, with 55% of enrollment. The school is also 22% Hispanic, 15% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 44%. Woodlawn Middle School's diversity index is 62%, against a US figure of 70%.
Woodlawn Middle School employs 63.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.8:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 41.0:1 average for middle schools in Louisiana. Woodlawn Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 68%. For comparison, public schools in East Baton Rouge Parish average 70%.
allk12 grades Woodlawn Middle School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Louisiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Woodlawn Middle School, the prediction is 35.5% and the result is 30.0%.
East Baton Rouge Parish has these Census figures: the median household income is $63,071, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. East Baton Rouge Parish is home to 132 public schools and about 66,892 public school students.
The nearest public school is Shenandoah Elementary School, at about 0.9 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Woodlawn Middle School ranks 5th on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Woodlawn Middle School's enrollment declined 23%, to 807. The school's ratio fell from 24.4:1 to 12.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Woodlawn Middle. Woodlawn Middle School is the largest of the 5.
- Woodlawn Middle SchoolWest Monroe, LA · 249 students
- Woodlawn MiddleMebane, NC · 633 students
- Woodlawn Middle SchoolLong Grove, IL · 632 students
- Woodlawn MiddleBaltimore, MD · 522 students
Nearby schools
- Shenandoah Elementary School0.9 mi · 584
- Woodlawn Elementary1.1 mi · 658
- Woodlawn High School1.3 mi · 1,331
- BASIS Baton Rouge Materra Campus1.4 mi · 888
- Parkview Elementary School1.9 mi · 499
- Baton Rouge Ochsner Discovery2.6 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About Woodlawn Middle SchoolHow large is Woodlawn Middle School?
Woodlawn Middle School enrolls approximately 807 students in grades 06-08.
Is Woodlawn Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Woodlawn Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Woodlawn Middle School have?
Woodlawn Middle School employs 63 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
How diverse is Woodlawn Middle School?
Woodlawn Middle School reports a student body of 15% White, 22% Hispanic, 55% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Woodlawn Middle School public or private?
Woodlawn Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Baton Rouge Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.