T. L. Whitehead Elementary

Located at 624 West Southwood Dr., in Woodland, California, T. L. Whitehead Elementary is a close-knit primary school that caters to 331 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Woodland Joint Unified. That puts it 29% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 17 schools in Woodland Joint Unified (9,304 students total), T. L. Whitehead Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, T. L. Whitehead Elementary lists that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 10% White, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. 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, T. L. Whitehead Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Yolo County (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, T. L. Whitehead Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.8%; this one delivers 13.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Yolo County indicate median household earnings sit near $91,752, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Yolo County runs 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,820 students), of which T. L. Whitehead Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Lee Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around T. L. Whitehead Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts T. L. Whitehead Elementary at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 31.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 24%: 435 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 15% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 today.

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