Woodlawn High School

Woodlawn High School

15755 Jefferson Highway

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

(225) 753-1200

www.woodlawnhbr.org 

Public High School 

9th-12th  Grades

Approximately 1,300 students

Mascot: Panthers

Purple, White, Silver, and Black 

Principal John Allen Jenkins Jr.

jjenkins5@ebrschools.org 

Assistant Principals Donnell Hyde

Deborah Roberts

Jes’Ca Signater

Deans of Students 

Casey Brumfield • Alicia Dedeaux

Athletic Director Marcus Randall

Assistant Principal Tyren Marby

Dean Marqus Mitchell

Head TOR: Taylor Clark (Alum)

Head Football Tramon Douglas

Head Girls Basketball 

State Finalist

District Coach of the Year,  

Alicia Dedeaux (Alum) 

Assistant Athletic Director & Head Boys Basketball Coach Stefson Arnold

Head Band Director Sergio Reyes

History. Woodlawn High School had its beginning in 1888 in a one-room schoolhouse called Rosedale School. A new schoolhouse, named Hillman School, was built on the corner of Hoo Shoo Too and Tiger Bend Road in 1895. 

In 1910, Jones Creek School was built for students who lived in the Jones Creek area. The community agreed to consolidate the two schools under the name Seventh Ward School in 1911. 

After World War II, the population in the area increased and the two-building school did not have adequate space for the increased student population. In 1949, construction of new buildings for the school began.

Since the area was no longer called the Seventh Ward, the PTA held a contest to select a new name for the school. The name “Woodlawn,” submitted by Mrs. W. H. Woodward, was chosen. As the school continued to grow, new buildings were added.

Unfortunately, the original school building and surrounding buildings were unknowingly built on a fault line, which caused the buildings to constantly shift. This shifting eventually led to the deterioration of those school buildings. 

Taxpayers agreed to fund building a new Woodlawn High School in a new location a few miles away on Jefferson Highway. The new Woodlawn High School was the first new school to be built in East Baton Rouge Parish in 30 years. It opened its doors in 2003 and now houses over 1,500 students.

The enrollment count Friday was 1,274 and is growing daily. Guidance had 20 additional students to add when school ended Friday. Woodlawn is the only school in EBR that offers traditional, magnet, gifted, great scholar, dual enrollment, and associate track courses for students to earn TOPS, TOPS Tech, and Jumpstart diplomas with associate degree opportunities.  We also serve students that are Community Base, Exceptional Student Services (ESS), 504, and English Learners.   Since 2017 Woodlawn High has always been a C School with a 70.2 SPS rating last year and this year’s data projects an increase in our SPS rating. 

Athletics

Sports offered at Woodlawn High are baseball, softball, basketball, bowling, cross country, football, golf, powerlifting, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.

Extracurricular. 3D Printing Club, Alateen, Academic Rally, Art Club, Audio/Visual and Digital Media Club, Backers Club, Beta Club, Bible Studies, Black History Month Program Committee, Cheerleading, Color Guard (Flag Corps), Communication Club, Creative Writing Club, Crochet Club, Culture Club, Dance Club, DECA Club, Dungeons and Dragons Club, E.L.I.T.E. Young Ladies Club, E-Sports Club, EVOL, Fashion Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Students, Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America, Future Farmers of America, Foreign Language Club, Gaming Club, Girls in STEM, Genders & Sexualities Alliance, ICARE, International Thespians Society, JROTC Archery Team, JROTC Color Guard, JROTC Drill Team, JROTC Drone Team, JROTC Rifle Team, Karaoke Club, Knitting Club, Leading Ladies Club, LGBTQ+, Magnet Ambassadors, 

Magnet STEM (Mu Alpha Theta), National Honor Society, Prom Committee, Robotics Club, Student Government Association, Silent Reading Club, Spirit Club, Sports Medicine, STEM Challenge, Stock Market Club, Tri-M Honors Music Society, Yearbook (The Echo), Vex Robotics that competed in World’s last year for the first time, Woodlawn High Career Association, Youth and Government, Zumba Exercise Club.

Contact and Key Info

Main Office (225) 753‑1200

Counseling Office (225) 753‑2665

Enrollment

For details on enrollment, go to the East Baton Rouge School System website, ebrschools.org or visit Woodlawn High, 15755 Jefferson Hwy. or call 753-1200