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Woodland West School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
526th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 690 Louisiana Elementary Schools
Better than 24% of Louisiana elementary schools
Summary

Woodland West School in Harvey, LA, is a PK-8 school serving 631 students in a high-poverty community within the Jefferson Parish district, where over 80% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

This school presents a fascinating mix of challenges and standout successes. While its elementary grades struggle—for example, 4th-grade math proficiency was just 25% in 2025-2026, the lowest among nearby schools like Congetta Trippe Janet Elementary School (which had a 12.6% chronic absenteeism rate)—the middle school grades tell a different story. By 8th grade, math proficiency jumps to 50%, higher than the district average and second-best among local PK-8 schools. The most remarkable achievement is in advanced coursework: 100% of students taking Algebra I and 93% taking English I End-of-Course exams were proficient, far exceeding state averages of 65% and 66%. This suggests a highly effective program for advanced students, though chronic absenteeism at 22.5% remains a barrier to broader improvement, compared to just 10.5% at Geraldine Boudreaux Elementary School.

Overall, Woodland West is showing a positive trend, rising from the 13th percentile statewide in 2024-2025 to the 24th percentile in 2025-2026—its best ranking in years. This improvement is likely driven by its strong middle school and advanced exam performance. For parents, this school offers a unique environment where elementary challenges are offset by a middle school that excels in math and high school preparation, making it a school of contrasts worth exploring further.

631
Students ?
16.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,376
Per pupil spending ?
80.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 2143 Mars Street
       Harvey, LA  70058-2948

(504) 366-5308

District: Jefferson Parish

Racial breakdown:

African American:
52.6%
White:
20.1%
Hispanic:
19.3%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 29th percentile in 2016 → 24th in 2026
Worth a look
!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2016
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school67%
District avg57%
Louisiana avg64%
Elementary school
526th of 690
Louisiana public elementary schools ?
Bottom 24%▼ down 5 pts since 2016
From bottom 29% (2016) to bottom 24% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
341st of 452
Louisiana public middle schools ?
Bottom 25%▬ steady since 2021
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SchoolDigger rating ?
33rd of 48Elementary Schools in the Jefferson Parish
66th of 116Jefferson Parish among Louisiana districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202628.0526 of 69023.8%★☆☆☆☆
202518.3579 of 66613.1%★☆☆☆☆
202423.7540 of 67520.0%★☆☆☆☆
202324.9568 of 73022.2%★☆☆☆☆
202233.4503 of 72730.8%★★☆☆☆
202123.1561 of 72923.0%★☆☆☆☆
201932.8535 of 73126.8%★☆☆☆☆
201825.8544 of 72825.3%★☆☆☆☆
201742.5463 of 73937.3%★★☆☆☆
201635.8529 of 74228.7%★☆☆☆☆
201545.3471 of 79240.5%★★☆☆☆
201456.4375 of 77751.7%★★★☆☆
201358.8343 of 77255.6%★★★☆☆
201237.9510 of 76433.2%★★☆☆☆
201131.1572 of 76625.3%★☆☆☆☆
201025.5587 of 73620.2%★☆☆☆☆
200924.7593 of 73819.6%★☆☆☆☆
200823.9599 of 74319.4%★☆☆☆☆
200719.5624 of 72513.9%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202639.2346 of 54836.9%★★☆☆☆
202526.9403 of 50119.6%★☆☆☆☆
202430.7373 of 50926.7%★☆☆☆☆
202323.5480 of 57015.8%★☆☆☆☆
202236.6377 of 56232.9%★★☆☆☆
202126.1442 of 56421.6%★☆☆☆☆
201934.1410 of 55926.7%★☆☆☆☆
201834.9394 of 54728.0%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202614.513 of 1513.3%★☆☆☆☆
202318.513 of 147.1%★☆☆☆☆
202119.312 of 137.7%★☆☆☆☆
201922.314 of 1612.5%★☆☆☆☆
201856.47 of 1241.7%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
201827.7222 of 28121.0%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202634.985 of 11526.1%★☆☆☆☆
202520.376 of 827.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202439.061 of 8629.1%★★☆☆☆
202333.273 of 9724.7%★☆☆☆☆
202256.333 of 9063.3%★★★☆☆
201965.225 of 9172.5%★★★★☆
201856.535 of 8960.7%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202644.8398 of 67941.4%★★☆☆☆
202525.8515 of 63318.6%★☆☆☆☆
202428.5486 of 63523.5%★☆☆☆☆
202332.4507 of 70528.1%★☆☆☆☆
202246.6406 of 70142.1%★★☆☆☆
202129.1509 of 70527.8%★☆☆☆☆
201944.2414 of 68439.5%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202625.4225 of 26615.4%★☆☆☆☆
202511.2201 of 2072.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202427.3147 of 18922.2%★☆☆☆☆
202343.8143 of 23338.6%★★☆☆☆
202262.183 of 22062.3%★★★☆☆
202133.4143 of 20229.2%★☆☆☆☆
201952.192 of 19051.6%★★★☆☆
201848.985 of 16849.4%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202630.4518 of 68524.4%★☆☆☆☆
202522.4559 of 66115.4%★☆☆☆☆
202428.3523 of 67422.4%★☆☆☆☆
202327.9551 of 72323.8%★☆☆☆☆
202234.5499 of 72431.1%★★☆☆☆
202126.9536 of 71925.5%★☆☆☆☆
201935.3510 of 69726.8%★☆☆☆☆
201833.2506 of 68225.8%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202619.9592 of 68213.2%★☆☆☆☆
202515.6584 of 6418.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.6573 of 65112.0%★☆☆☆☆
202322.1576 of 71319.2%★☆☆☆☆
202223.7561 of 71221.2%★☆☆☆☆
202120.4580 of 70417.6%★☆☆☆☆
201924.7560 of 69619.5%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
20218.8299 of 3062.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201926.0261 of 33321.6%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202618.2457 of 4967.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202516.1400 of 4317.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.7413 of 4344.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.0467 of 5189.8%★☆☆☆☆
202225.9439 of 51715.1%★☆☆☆☆
202126.3435 of 52216.7%★☆☆☆☆
201935.4385 of 51725.5%★☆☆☆☆
201819.2466 of 5169.7%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202627.0341 of 45224.6%★☆☆☆☆
202532.1312 of 44730.2%★★☆☆☆
202438.5285 of 44936.5%★★☆☆☆
202340.6279 of 46540.0%★★☆☆☆
202238.6292 of 46036.5%★★☆☆☆
202125.5347 of 45924.4%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202638.5208 of 34439.5%★★☆☆☆
202538.8213 of 34438.1%★★☆☆☆
202431.6240 of 33327.9%★☆☆☆☆
202343.6192 of 36046.7%★★☆☆☆
202249.0174 of 36051.7%★★★☆☆
202138.3214 of 35239.2%★★☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202614.517 of 2015.0%★☆☆☆☆
20212.718 of 180.0%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202655.719 of 6369.8%★★★★☆
202553.219 of 5666.1%★★★☆☆
202461.611 of 4877.1%★★★★☆
202148.822 of 5560.0%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202642.8272 of 43437.3%★★☆☆☆
202541.5247 of 41540.5%★★☆☆☆
202452.7213 of 41548.7%★★☆☆☆
202341.2270 of 44439.2%★★☆☆☆
202249.4231 of 44147.6%★★☆☆☆
202130.5317 of 44128.1%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202642.0116 of 17834.8%★★☆☆☆
202543.493 of 15540.0%★★☆☆☆
202458.559 of 15261.2%★★★☆☆
202355.271 of 16356.4%★★★☆☆
202236.0110 of 16332.5%★★☆☆☆
202131.1111 of 15327.5%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202629.5335 of 45025.6%★☆☆☆☆
202538.2283 of 43735.2%★★☆☆☆
202449.9223 of 44449.8%★★★☆☆
202342.1261 of 45943.1%★★☆☆☆
202238.5279 of 45839.1%★★☆☆☆
202129.7331 of 45527.3%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202624.3351 of 43519.3%★☆☆☆☆
202529.4299 of 41427.8%★☆☆☆☆
202427.8319 of 42625.1%★☆☆☆☆
202341.4255 of 44342.4%★★☆☆☆
202228.1321 of 44227.4%★☆☆☆☆
202121.0355 of 44219.7%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202629.1265 of 33821.6%★☆☆☆☆
202332.0266 of 35224.4%★☆☆☆☆
202249.5192 of 36247.0%★★☆☆☆
202118.3323 of 3589.8%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Female (2026)41st percentile+18 vs school
African American (2026)37th percentile+13 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)26th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)24th percentile~ school
Disabled (2018)21st percentile-4 vs school
Hispanic (2026)15th percentile-8 vs school
Asian (2026)13th percentile-10 vs school
Male (2026)13th percentile-11 vs school
White (2026)8th percentile-16 vs school
Special Education (2021)2nd percentile-21 vs school
Middle school
English Language Learner (2026)70th percentile+45 vs school
African American (2026)40th percentile+15 vs school
Female (2026)37th percentile+13 vs school
Hispanic (2026)35th percentile+10 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)26th percentile~ school
White (2026)22nd percentile-3 vs school
Male (2026)19th percentile-5 vs school
Asian (2026)15th percentile-10 vs school
By subject vs Louisiana (2025-2026) ?
Algebra I100%+35 vs state
English I93%+27 vs state
English Language Arts58%-12 vs state
Social Studies44%-11 vs state
Mathematics42%-20 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 631 students attended Woodland West School.

Students who attend Woodland West School usually go on to attend:

Woodland West School ranks in the bottom 23.8% of Louisiana elementary schools.

Students at Woodland West School are 53% African American, 20% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more races.


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