Enrollment
249
Middle
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OUACHITA PARISH·NCES 220120001021
Woodlawn Middle School
175 Woodlawn School Road, West Monroe, LA 71292 · (318) 325-1575 · Ouachita Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL249 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
12.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
148 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 69 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 87 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 93 | 37% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Woodlawn Middle School→Sterlington High School
Based on grade levels within Ouachita Parish. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
44.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -3.0pp since 2022
Math
40.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +11.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 3 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 11 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 44.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 (40.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlawn Middle School this school | 249 | 59.4% | 40.5% |
| Jena Junior High School Jena | 288 | 57.3% | 39.0% |
| Lockport Middle School Lockport | 331 | 52.6% | 50.5% |
| LeBlanc Middle School Sulphur | 366 | 59.8% | 34.3% |
| LaSalle Junior High School Urania | 144 | 64.6% | 48.7% |
| DeQuincy Middle School DeQuincy | 208 | 52.9% | 37.5% |
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 Ouachita Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #64 of 213 | #4 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #62 of 210 ▼ 20 | #5 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #91 of 213 ▼ 15 | #6 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #66 of 197 | #8 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 249 | #180 of 220 | #12 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #74 of 195 | #6 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.0% | #186 of 195 | #9 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.4% | #148 of 214 | #8 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #100 of 162 | #4 of 6 |
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
249
-50 (-17%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 280
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 249 | 19.7 | 12.6:1 | 59% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 273 | 22.1 | 12.4:1 | 62% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 314 | 19 | 16.5:1 | 67% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 299 | 17 | 17.6:1 | 34% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 17 | 17.3:1 | 56% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 317 | 25 | 12.7:1 | 57% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 314 | 23 | 13.7:1 | 44% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 302 | 21 | 14.4:1 | 29% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 280 | 19 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodlawn Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (293 to 249); teachers up 16% (17 to 19.7).
About Woodlawn Middle School
Woodlawn Middle School is a middle school with a street address in West Monroe, Louisiana. It enrolled 249 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in Louisiana average about 440 students each.
The 36 schools of Ouachita Parish, including Woodlawn Middle School, enroll 17,435 students.
At Woodlawn Middle School, White students make up 95% of the student body. The remaining students are 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. Among people living in Ouachita Parish, the White share is about 56%. By the diversity index, Woodlawn Middle School comes in at 10%.
Teachers at Woodlawn Middle School total 19.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Louisiana is 41.0:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 59% of enrollment. That is 8 points below the 67% average for public schools in Ouachita Parish.
Woodlawn Middle School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 72% of Louisiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Woodlawn Middle School is 1.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Louisiana schools.
Census estimates describe Ouachita Parish this way: median household income is about $54,688, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 18% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Ouachita Parish number 59 and enroll about 25,952.
Woodlawn Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Woodlawn Middle School is ahead of the 31.6% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
Woodlawn Middle School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Woodlawn Middle School went from 299 students to 249. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.6:1 to 12.6:1 over the same years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Ouachita Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,480
Census ACS
Median income
$54,688
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
25,952 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ouachita Parish
- West Monroe High SchoolHigh · 2,041 students
- Ouachita Parish High SchoolHigh · 1,112 students
- West Ouachita High SchoolHigh · 968 students
- Sterlington Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
- West Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Claiborne SchoolElementary · 643 students
Other schools in West Monroe
- West Monroe High SchoolHigh · 2,041 students
- West Ouachita High SchoolHigh · 968 students
- West Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 681 students
- Claiborne SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Good Hope Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Drew Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
Other Woodlawn Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Woodlawn Middle. Woodlawn Middle School is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Woodlawn Middle SchoolBaton Rouge, LA · 807 students
- Woodlawn MiddleMebane, NC · 633 students
- Woodlawn Middle SchoolLong Grove, IL · 632 students
- Woodlawn MiddleBaltimore, MD · 522 students
Nearby schools
- Woodlawn Elementary School0.0 mi · 508
- Pinecrest Elementary/Middle School4.6 mi · 167
- Lenwil Elementary School4.8 mi · 277
- Riser Middle School5.6 mi · 410
- Riser Elementary School5.6 mi · 313
- Southside Alternative High School6.6 mi · 165
Frequently asked questions
About Woodlawn Middle SchoolHow many students attend Woodlawn Middle School?
Woodlawn Middle School enrolls approximately 249 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Woodlawn Middle School serve?
Woodlawn Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Woodlawn Middle School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Woodlawn Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Woodlawn Middle School?
At Woodlawn Middle School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Woodlawn Middle School in?
Woodlawn Middle School is part of Ouachita Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.