Beamer Elementary

Beamer Elementary operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in Woodland, California, part of Woodland Joint Unified. Current enrollment sits at 496 students spanning grades K through 6.

Woodland Joint Unified runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 9,304 students. Beamer Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Beamer Elementary lists that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 5% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Beamer Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Yolo County (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Beamer Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.4%; this one delivers 25.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Yolo County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $91,752 per year, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Beamer Elementary is one of 67 public schools in Yolo County (combined enrollment of about 29,820 students).

The closest other public school is Freeman Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Beamer Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 27.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 528 students in 2018 compared to 496 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.