Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary

Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary operates as a sprawling elementary-level community in Woodland, California, run under Woodland Joint Unified. Current enrollment sits at 772 students spanning grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 66% above the state mean of about 465.

Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary is one of 17 schools operated by Woodland Joint Unified, a district that instructs 9,304 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 20% Asian, 11% multiracial, 9% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 81% of students at Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Yolo County (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.9%; this one delivers 31.6%.

Around the school, census data for Yolo County shows the typical household earns roughly $91,752 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Yolo County runs 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,820 students), of which Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Pioneer High, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary. On composite proficiency, Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.8%.

Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 832 (now 772). White enrollment moved from 17% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 26.8:1 in 2018 to 25.6:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.