Total enrollment
9,304
-705 (-7%) vs SY 2017-18
17 schools in Woodland Joint Unified
California · 9,304 students · 3 cities
Woodland Joint Unified reports 17 public K-12 schools and approximately 9,304 students enrolled, per NCES, an average school size of 547.
7-year change in Woodland Joint Unified
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
17
0 (0%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
16%
was 22%
% Hispanic
68%
was 68%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
8%
was 6%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Woodland Joint Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #359 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 9,304 | #164 of 587 | #1,001 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 17 | #127 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #280 of 587 | #8,626 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 73.8% | #217 of 587 | #1,649 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.1% | #321 of 530 | #2,957 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Woodland Joint Unified
State test results across the district's 16 scored schools run from Spring Lake Elementary at 67.6% proficient to T. L. Whitehead Elementary at 14.2%, a gap of 53.4 points. That is the 60th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 16 district schools that reported both years went from 10,003 to 8,917 students (down 11%) and from 452 to 420 full-time teachers (down 7%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer High | Woodland | High | 09-12 | 1,582 |
| Woodland Senior High | Woodland | High | 09-12 | 1,155 |
| Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary | Woodland | Elementary | KG-06 | 772 |
| Douglass Middle | Woodland | Middle | 07-08 | 768 |
| Woodland Prairie Elementary | Woodland | Elementary | KG-06 | 713 |
| Lee Middle | Woodland | Middle | 07-08 | 575 |
| Beamer Elementary | Woodland | Elementary | KG-06 | 496 |
| Freeman Elementary | Woodland | Elementary | KG-06 | 415 |
| Zamora Elementary | Woodland | Elementary | KG-06 | 409 |
| Rhoda Maxwell Elementary | Woodland | Elementary | KG-06 | 395 |
| Spring Lake Elementary | Woodland | Elementary | KG-06 | 387 |
| Gibson Elementary | Woodland | Elementary | KG-06 | 344 |
| Dingle Elementary | Woodland | Elementary | KG-06 | 338 |
| T. L. Whitehead Elementary | Woodland | Elementary | KG-06 | 331 |
| Plainfield Elementary | Woodland | Elementary | KG-06 | 257 |
| Science & Technology Academy at Knights Landing | Knights Landing | Elementary | KG-06 | 225 |
| Cache Creek High (Continuation) | Yolo | High | 09-12 | 142 |
About Woodland Joint Unified
As a small district in California, Woodland Joint Unified hosts 9,304 students across 17 schools.
On the school-mix side, Woodland Joint Unified covers 12 elementary, 2 middle, and 3 high schools.
Looking at the last 7 years. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment declined 7%: 10,009 students in SY 2017-18 versus 9,304 in SY 2024-25. The White share of public-school enrollment fell from 22% to 16%.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Woodland Joint Unified discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Posts come from current and former families, staff, and alumni.