Plainfield Elementary

Plainfield Elementary is an elementary school of tight-knit scale in Woodland, California, run under Woodland Joint Unified, caters to 257 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Plainfield Elementary sits 45% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Woodland Joint Unified, which oversees 17 schools and 9,304 students, Plainfield Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Plainfield Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 43% White, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Plainfield Elementary has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Plainfield Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 57% of students at Plainfield Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Plainfield Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Yolo County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $91,752 per year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Plainfield Elementary is one of 67 public schools in Yolo County (combined enrollment of about 29,820 students).

Zamora Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Plainfield Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 31.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Plainfield Elementary has contracted 29%, going from 360 students in 2018 to 257 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 53% to 43%. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.7:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 in 2025.

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