Woodmeade Elementary School

Woodmeade Elementary School operates as a small K-5 school in Decatur, Alabama, part of Decatur City. Current enrollment sits at 361 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% smaller than the state mean of about 480.

Decatur City runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 8,902 students. Woodmeade Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Woodmeade Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 26% Black, 15% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Morgan County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Woodmeade Elementary School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Morgan County's rate of about 56%.

After controlling for student poverty, Woodmeade Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.1%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Morgan County put median household earnings sit near $68,845, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Morgan County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,204 students), of which Woodmeade Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Career Academies of Decatur, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodmeade Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 34.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Woodmeade Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 5% since 2018, when it stood at 380 (now 361). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 32% to 50%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.