Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DECATUR CITY·NCES 010117000438
Woodmeade Elementary School
1400 19th Ave SW, Decatur, AL 35601 · (256) 552-3023 · Morgan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Alabama public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
244 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
55.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
28.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Woodmeade Elementary School
Woodmeade Elementary School's state test result (38.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodmeade Elementary School this school | 361 | 67.6% | 38.1% |
| Oak Park Elementary School Decatur | 481 | 70.9% | 20.5% |
| Irondale Community School Irondale | 435 | 71.7% | 33.1% |
| Austinville Elementary School Decatur | 463 | 67.6% | 41.9% |
| Ridgecrest Elementary School Huntsville | 463 | 69.8% | 28.8% |
| Athens Elementary School Athens | 474 | 67.5% | 49.0% |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Woodmeade Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Morgan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #430 of 626 | #18 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #422 of 626 | #18 of 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #419 of 626 | #18 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #494 of 709 | #16 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #102 of 655 | #6 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #67 of 658 | #6 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.6% | #253 of 696 | #9 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #283 of 364 | #9 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
361
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 350
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 361 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 68% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 77% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 21.3 | 16.6:1 | 76% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 356 | 23 | 15.5:1 | 76% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 21.8 | 17.4:1 | 77% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 21 | 16.4:1 | 47% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 333 | 27 | 12.3:1 | 38% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 350 | 25 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodmeade Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (380 to 361); teachers up 10% (21.8 to 24).
About Woodmeade Elementary School
Woodmeade Elementary School is a small elementary school in Decatur, Alabama, under Decatur City. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 361 students. Elementary schools in Alabama average about 480 students, which makes this school 25% below average.
Decatur City runs Woodmeade Elementary School along with 18 other schools, enrolling 8,902 students in total.
At Woodmeade Elementary School, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 50%. Other groups make up 26% Black, 15% White, and 7% multiracial. County-wide, 11% of Morgan County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
Woodmeade Elementary School reports a ratio of 15.0 students per teacher, from 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Alabama, the average ratio is 17.0:1. Lunch program data show 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 56% average for public schools in Morgan County, the school's rate is higher.
Woodmeade Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 29% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Woodmeade Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 38.1%, compared with a predicted 34.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Morgan County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $68,845 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Woodmeade Elementary School shares Morgan County with 45 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Woodmeade Elementary School is closest to Career Academies of Decatur, about 0.4 miles away. Woodmeade Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Woodmeade Elementary School ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 38.1% versus a 37.7% average.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, Woodmeade Elementary School enrolled 356; in 2024-25, 361.
On allk12, people connected to Woodmeade Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Morgan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
124,471
Census ACS
Median income
$68,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
20,204 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Decatur City
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 999 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Decatur Middle SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Austin Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- Austin Junior High SchoolHigh · 664 students
- Oak Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 481 students
Other schools in Decatur
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 999 students
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 915 students
- Decatur Middle SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Austin Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
- Austin Junior High SchoolHigh · 664 students
- Priceville High SchoolHigh · 506 students
Nearby schools
- Career Academies of Decatur0.4 mi · 269
- Austin Junior High School0.5 mi · 664
- Julian Harris Elementary School1.3 mi · 349
- West Decatur Elementary School1.3 mi · 407
- Austinville Elementary School1.4 mi · 463
- Austin Middle School1.7 mi · 727
Frequently asked questions
About Woodmeade Elementary SchoolHow large is Woodmeade Elementary School?
Woodmeade Elementary School enrolls approximately 361 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Woodmeade Elementary School serve?
Woodmeade Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Woodmeade Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodmeade Elementary School is approximately 15.0:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Woodmeade Elementary School?
Student demographics at Woodmeade Elementary School are roughly 15% White, 50% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Woodmeade Elementary School?
Woodmeade Elementary School is overseen by Decatur City in Morgan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.