Woodlawn High School

Summary:

Woodlawn High School is a public high school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, serving 1,527 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish school district, which is ranked 77 out of 122 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Woodlawn High School faces significant challenges compared to nearby schools. It has a much higher percentage of African American students (58.61%) than surrounding schools, which range from 15-82% African American. Academically, Woodlawn consistently ranks in the bottom third of Louisiana high schools, with a 1-star rating and proficiency rates on state assessments that are significantly lower than the district and state averages. The school also has a higher percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 35-62%, compared to 30-92% at nearby schools. Additionally, Woodlawn has a higher student-teacher ratio of 18.9-21.3, compared to 9.2-19.6 at surrounding schools.

While Woodlawn High School faces these challenges, nearby schools like Baton Rouge Magnet High School, Liberty High School, and Dutchtown High School significantly outperform Woodlawn on academic measures, despite being in the same district. This suggests that factors beyond just district-level policies and resources may be contributing to the disparities in performance. Addressing these challenges will likely require a multifaceted approach that considers the unique needs and context of Woodlawn High School and its student population.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 15755 Jefferson Highway
       Baton Rouge, LA  70817


(225) 753-1200

District: East Baton Rouge Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
270th of 333 Louisiana High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,467 Help


Feeder schools for Woodlawn High School:

Elementary:    Jefferson Terrace Academy
    Parkview Elementary School
    Shenandoah Elementary School
    Wildwood Elementary School
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Middle:    Woodlawn Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.1 Help
Number of students:  1,450

Racial breakdown:

African American:
60.1%
Hispanic:
17.4%
White:
17.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  50.8% Help


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Compare Details Woodlawn High School ranks worse than 81.1% of high schools in Louisiana. It also ranks 3rd among 13 ranked high schools in the East Baton Rouge Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 20.24. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Woodlawn High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (60.1%), Hispanic (17.4%), White (17.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 50.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Woodlawn High School is 14.1. 6 high schools in the East Baton Rouge Parish School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Woodlawn High School is $14,467. 9 high schools in the East Baton Rouge Parish School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Woodlawn High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Woodlawn High School 270th of 333 Louisiana public high schools. (See Woodlawn High School in the ranking list.)

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East Baton Rouge Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks East Baton Rouge Parish 77th of 122 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Woodlawn High School

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Rank History for all students at Woodlawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 48.87 177th 290 39.0%
2008 42.98 184th 291 36.8%
2009 41.96 199th 301 33.9%
2010 39.94 214th 297 27.9%
2011 46.17 203rd 300 32.3%
2012 50.05 187th 310 39.7%
2013 52.34 180th 312 42.3%
2014 43.06 223rd 309 27.8%
2015 40.89 232nd 312 25.6%
2016 28.37 251st 297 15.5%
2017 38.73 220th 297 25.9%
2018 17.53 254th 302 15.9%
2019 22.28 250th 313 20.1%
2021 27.16 234th 322 27.3%
2022 27.49 240th 326 26.4%
2023 21.95 252nd 321 21.5%
2024 20.24 270th 333 18.9%
See the entire list of Louisiana High School Rankings!

Rank History for English Language Learner students at Woodlawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 28.53 21st 27 22.2%
2021 18.18 38th 38 0.0%
2024 16.35 46th 50 8.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Woodlawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 30.66 80th 122 34.4%
2021 13.33 128th 135 5.2%
2022 12.55 133rd 139 4.3%
2023 37.68 84th 138 39.1%
2024 17.46 145th 165 12.1%
See the entire list of Best Louisiana High Schools for Special Education Students!

Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Woodlawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 21.19 245th 301 18.6%
2021 25.82 221st 285 22.5%
2022 27.11 242nd 322 24.8%
2023 21.54 252nd 321 21.5%
2024 17.37 275th 328 16.2%
See the entire list of Best Louisiana High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Homeless students at Woodlawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 12.60 23rd 25 8.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Woodlawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 24.17 231st 292 20.9%
2021 28.62 213th 288 26.0%
2022 23.70 243rd 311 21.9%
2023 19.20 257th 308 16.6%
2024 19.63 259th 308 15.9%
See the entire list of Best Louisiana High Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Male students at Woodlawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 21.58 233rd 291 19.9%
2021 27.95 217th 292 25.7%
2022 35.32 191st 301 36.5%
2023 24.09 231st 306 24.5%
2024 21.31 253rd 315 19.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Woodlawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 28.85 18th 22 18.2%
2022 27.32 19th 20 5.0%
2023 13.82 22nd 24 8.3%
2024 52.26 12th 22 45.5%
See the entire list of Best Louisiana High Schools for Asian Students!

Rank History for African American students at Woodlawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 38.14 146th 233 37.3%
2021 42.43 129th 243 46.9%
2022 50.50 116th 256 54.7%
2023 35.45 160th 252 36.5%
2024 35.84 166th 260 36.2%
See the entire list of Best Louisiana High Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Woodlawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 7.69 75th 78 3.8%
2021 8.72 85th 92 7.6%
2022 9.72 94th 103 8.7%
2023 10.69 97th 107 9.3%
2024 9.57 105th 113 7.1%
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Rank History for White students at Woodlawn High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 32.50 192nd 249 22.9%
2021 39.59 163rd 245 33.5%
2022 38.90 167th 250 33.2%
2023 19.29 227th 249 8.8%
2024 20.54 215th 248 13.3%
See the entire list of Best Louisiana High Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Woodlawn High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 973 973
1990 790 246 3 1 1 n/a n/a 0 1041
1991 793 223 5 2 1 n/a n/a 0 1024
1992 834 247 3 2 2 n/a n/a 0 1088
1993 843 244 2 1 1 n/a n/a 0 1091
1994 898 254 5 1 1 n/a n/a 0 1159
1995 949 216 2 2 3 n/a n/a 0 1172
1996 949 216 2 2 3 n/a n/a 0 1172
1997 856 193 3 4 0 n/a n/a 0 1056
1998 779 275 10 4 1 n/a n/a 0 1069
1999 683 308 9 6 1 n/a n/a 0 1007
2000 698 334 9 6 1 n/a n/a 0 1048
2001 683 386 8 7 1 n/a n/a 0 1085
2002 586 521 13 15 2 n/a n/a 0 1137
2003 586 521 13 15 2 n/a n/a 0 1137
2004 535 622 15 19 2 n/a n/a 0 1193
2005 492 613 16 20 2 n/a n/a 0 1143
2006 465 624 14 22 1 n/a n/a 0 1126
2007 449 597 25 24 1 n/a n/a 0 1096
2008 392 571 23 34 2 n/a n/a 0 1022
2009 390 556 28 53 2 n/a n/a 0 1029
2010 437 763 42 79 2 n/a n/a 0 1323
2011 482 824 38 0 2 0 0 0 1346
2012 390 798 37 88 2 0 5 0 1320
2013 374 790 39 75 2 2 8 0 1290
2014 329 724 34 73 1 2 11 0 1174
2015 304 697 36 98 1 0 17 0 1153
2016 290 741 46 125 2 1 20 0 1225
2017 290 655 37 141 3 1 21 0 1148
2018 246 656 36 153 2 1 19 0 1113
2019 260 719 41 156 4 2 25 0 1207
2020 285 776 44 196 3 4 32 0 1340
2021 284 846 49 198 3 3 21 0 1404
2022 268 835 45 209 7 4 20 0 1388
2023 274 895 56 270 9 2 21 0 1527
2024 248 871 50 253 7 3 18 0 1450

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Woodlawn High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 973 51.0 19.0 3.5
1990 1041 54.0 19.2 5.8
1991 1024 58.0 17.6 6.6
1992 1088 58.0 18.7 5.3
1993 1091 59.0 18.5 4.6
1994 1159 60.0 19.3 6.9
1995 1172 60.0 19.5 4.7
1996 1172 60.0 19.5 4.7
1997 1056 58.1 18.2 5.8
1998 1069 55.0 19.4 13.5
1999 1007 54.0 18.6 17.9
2000 1048 57.0 18.4 19.4
2001 1085 56.0 19.4 23.5
2002 1137 56.0 20.3 33.2
2003 1137 56.0 20.3 33.2
2004 1193 59.0 20.2 38.1
2005 1143 63.2 18.1 40.9
2006 1126 63.7 17.7 47.8
2007 1096 63.1 17.4 40.7
2008 1022 63.2 16.2 42
2009 1029 64.0 16.1 51.9
2010 1323 76.1 17.3 52.4
2011 1346 93.1 14.4 59.1
2012 1320 92.9 14.1 63.6
2013 1290 92.2 13.9 61.9
2014 1174 86.0 13.6 63.3
2015 1153 84.0 13.7 37.1
2016 1225 n/a n/a 33.2
2017 1148 102.5 11.1 61.7
2018 1113 60.6 18.3 65
2019 1207 62.0 19.4 42.8
2020 1340 60.8 22.0 50
2021 1404 65.8 21.3 38.5
2022 1388 70.0 19.8 35.2
2023 1527 80.4 18.9 62.3
2024 1450 102.7 14.1 50.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Woodlawn High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 973 51.0 19.0 3.5
1990 1041 54.0 19.2 5.8
1991 1024 58.0 17.6 6.6
1992 1088 58.0 18.7 5.3
1993 1091 59.0 18.5 4.6
1994 1159 60.0 19.3 6.9
1995 1172 60.0 19.5 4.7
1996 1172 60.0 19.5 4.7
1997 1056 58.1 18.2 5.8
1998 1069 55.0 19.4 13.5
1999 1007 54.0 18.6 17.9
2000 1048 57.0 18.4 19.4
2001 1085 56.0 19.4 23.5
2002 1137 56.0 20.3 33.2
2003 1137 56.0 20.3 33.2
2004 1193 59.0 20.2 38.1
2005 1143 63.2 18.1 40.9
2006 1126 63.7 17.7 47.8
2007 1096 63.1 17.4 40.7
2008 1022 63.2 16.2 42
2009 1029 64.0 16.1 51.9
2010 1323 76.1 17.3 52.4
2011 1346 93.1 14.4 59.1
2012 1320 92.9 14.1 63.6
2013 1290 92.2 13.9 61.9
2014 1174 86.0 13.6 63.3
2015 1153 84.0 13.7 37.1
2016 1225 n/a n/a 33.2
2017 1148 102.5 11.1 61.7
2018 1113 60.6 18.3 65
2019 1207 62.0 19.4 42.8
2020 1340 60.8 22.0 50
2021 1404 65.8 21.3 38.5
2022 1388 70.0 19.8 35.2
2023 1527 80.4 18.9 62.3
2024 1450 102.7 14.1 50.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Woodlawn High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $12,950
2018 $13,089
2019 $13,241
2020 $12,700
2021 $13,271
2022 $14,467

Data source: Louisiana Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Woodlawn High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 250th of 313 High schoolsRanks 252nd of 321 High schools
 1.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Woodlawn High School)3727
 10%
   End of Course Algebra I (East Baton Rouge Parish)5443
 11%
   End of Course Algebra I (Louisiana)6764
 3%
End of Course Geometry (Woodlawn High School)3837
 1%
   End of Course Geometry (East Baton Rouge Parish)5240
 12%
   End of Course Geometry (Louisiana)6861
 7%
End of Course English II (Woodlawn High School)5754
 3%
   End of Course English II (East Baton Rouge Parish)5757
   End of Course English II (Louisiana)6967
 2%
End of Course U.S. History (Woodlawn High School)5649
 7%
   End of Course U.S. History (East Baton Rouge Parish)5045
 5%
   End of Course U.S. History (Louisiana)5954
 5%
End of Course English I (Woodlawn High School)5043
 7%
   End of Course English I (East Baton Rouge Parish)6053
 7%
   End of Course English I (Louisiana)7167
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students12071527
 26.5%
African American719895
 24.5%
American Indian49
 125%
Asian4156
 36.6%
Hispanic156270
 73.1%
Pacific Islander22
White260274
 5.4%
Two or More Races2521
 16%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients42.8%62.3%
 19.6%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Woodlawn High School

Students at Woodlawn High School are 60% African American, 17% Hispanic, 17% White, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more races.

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,450 students attended Woodlawn High School.

Woodlawn High School ranks in the bottom 18.9% of Louisiana high schools.

Woodlawn High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Jefferson Terrace Academy
Elementary : Parkview Elementary School
Elementary : Shenandoah Elementary School
Elementary : Wildwood Elementary School
Elementary : Woodlawn Elementary
Middle : Woodlawn Middle School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Louisiana Dept of Education.

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