Summary:
In zip code 70817, there is one middle school, Woodlawn Middle School, serving grades 6 through 8 with 807 students in the Baton Rouge area. This school is part of the East Baton Rouge Parish school district, which holds a 2-star rating and ranks 77th out of 116 districts in Louisiana.
Woodlawn Middle School presents a mixed academic profile with notable strengths and weaknesses. The school excels in English Language Arts (ELA), with 65% of students proficient in the 2025-2026 school year, slightly above the district average of 64%. Its Algebra I program is exceptional, achieving 100% proficiency in the 2024-2025 school year, far surpassing the district's 42% and state's 63% averages. However, overall mathematics proficiency sits at 52%, below the district (55%) and state (62%), and social studies proficiency is a low 40%, compared to the district's 46% and state's 55%. A particular concern is 6th-grade social studies, where only 28% of students are proficient, well below the district (39%) and state (49%) averages. The school's state ranking has declined from the 55th percentile (3 stars) in 2023-2024 to the 31st percentile (2 stars) in 2025-2026.
Other key metrics include a low dropout rate of 0.5% (2023-2024), significantly better than the district's 4.9% and state's 3.1%, and a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. Chronic absenteeism is 23.3%, which is better than the district average of 30.5% but slightly worse than the state average of 22.5%. About 67.78% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch. While the school retains students well, the high absenteeism rate likely impacts performance in math and social studies, and the declining state ranking suggests other schools are improving at a faster pace.
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