Woodlawn High School (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
| Woodlawn High School | |
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| Location | |
| 15755 Jefferson Hwy. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70817 USA |
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| Coordinates | 30°22′25″N 91°00′49″W / 30.373523°N 91.013703°WCoordinates: 30°22′25″N 91°00′49″W / 30.373523°N 91.013703°W |
| Information | |
| Type | public |
| Established | 1949 |
| School district | East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools |
| Principal | Scott Stevens |
| Faculty | 112 |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 1290 |
| Campus size | 57-acre (230,000 m2) |
| Campus type | Suburb |
| Color(s) | Purple, White, Silver, and Black |
| Mascot | Purple Panthers |
| Rival |
Dutchtown Griffins Broadmoor Buccaneers |
| Budget | $23.598 Million USD |
| Website | http://woodlawnhighbr.org |
Woodlawn High School (commonly Woodlawn or WHS) is a public high school in Old Jefferson, a census-designated place in unincorporated East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States, in the Baton Rouge metropolitan area. It is operated by the East Baton Rouge Parish School District.
It serves the southeast Baton Rouge area's public school needs for grades 9–12 and its 2006 enrollment was 1095 students.
Woodlawn serves various census-designated places (CDP) in the parish: all of Old Jefferson, the Village St. George, most of Shenandoah, a northeast section of Oak Hills Place, and small eastern portions of Inniswold.
Woodlawn requires that students register for a schedule of 7 classes per day. They offer a mix of courses and credits to prepare students for college or vocational training. Woodlawn started a self-contained gifted and talented program in 2009. The school offers honors classes in English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies as well as advanced placement courses in calculus, US History, European History, World History, Psychology, Spanish, French, Studio Art, English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Human Geography and US Government.
Dual enrollment and concurrent enrollment with Baton Rouge Community College and Louisiana State University are also offered at Woodlawn. Students must be approved by the principal as well as meet the strict qualifications to be eligible to enroll. Both high school and college credits are awarded for students enrolled in these classes.
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