Enrollment
331
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODLAND JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 064308007008
T. L. Whitehead Elementary
624 West Southwood Dr., Woodland, CA 95695 · (530) 662-2824 · Yolo County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
293 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 42 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 60% larger than its 6th grade class (42).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
17.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -22.9pp since 2014
Math
12.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -15.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 23 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.3% | 14.8% | 25.6% | 57.4% |
| Math | 2.3% | 10.1% | 29.2% | 58.4% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.1% | 12.4% |
| 2023-24 | 16.1% | 11.2% |
| 2022-23 | 18.4% | 10.5% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 15.9% |
| 2018-19 | 44.2% | 34.1% |
| 2017-18 | 37.3% | 25.8% |
| 2016-17 | 40.4% | 31.3% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.0% | 28.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
14.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like T. L. Whitehead Elementary
T. L. Whitehead Elementary's state test result (14.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| T. L. Whitehead Elementary this school | 331 | 88.5% | 14.2% |
| Bertrand Avenue Elementary Reseda | 326 | 90.5% | 25.0% |
| Park View Elementary Simi Valley | 319 | 85.9% | 24.1% |
| Gault Street Elementary Lake Balboa | 298 | 87.9% | 38.1% |
| Westport Elementary Modesto | 364 | 91.2% | 24.6% |
| Nevada Avenue Elementary West Hills | 379 | 87.3% | 31.4% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where T. L. Whitehead Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Yolo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #4,976 of 5,151 | #26 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #4,930 of 5,172 ▲ 31 | #26 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #4,985 of 5,172 ▼ 6 | #26 of 29 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.2pp | #405 of 5,116 | #3 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 331 | #4,473 of 5,915 | #31 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,174 of 5,352 | #8 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #3,447 of 5,354 | #26 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #1,272 of 5,625 | #3 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #1,005 of 3,837 | #6 of 23 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
331
-104 (-24%) vs 2017
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 497
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 24.2:1
% White
10%
was 15%
% Hispanic
76%
was 74%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
7%
was 6%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 331 | 16.2 | 20.4:1 | 89% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 317 | 15 | 21.1:1 | 88% (280) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 15.2 | 21.9:1 | 86% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 18 | 24.2:1 | 77% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 18 | 24.4:1 | 83% (367) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | N/A | N/A | 86% (320) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 28 | 18.1:1 | 56% (284) |
| 1990-91 | 497 | 25 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for T. L. Whitehead Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (435 to 331); teachers down 10% (18 to 16.2).
About T. L. Whitehead Elementary
T. L. Whitehead Elementary runs as a small elementary school in Woodland, California. Enrolled students number 331 students, in kindergarten through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Across its 17 schools, Woodland Joint Unified enrolls 9,304 students. T. L. Whitehead Elementary is one of those schools.
A majority of students at T. L. Whitehead Elementary, 76%, are Hispanic. Other students are 10% White, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Yolo County residents are about 33% Hispanic. T. L. Whitehead Elementary has a diversity index of 40%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at T. L. Whitehead Elementary is 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 20.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. About 89% of students, or 293, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 59% average for public schools in Yolo County is 30 points lower.
Measured against California public elementary schools, T. L. Whitehead Elementary receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 27.7% for a school in California with T. L. Whitehead Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. T. L. Whitehead Elementary posts 14.2%.
Within Yolo County, median household income is about $91,752, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Yolo County number 67 and enroll about 29,820.
The shortest distance from T. L. Whitehead Elementary to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Lee Middle. The five-mile area around T. L. Whitehead Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 14.2% average proficiency ranks 7th among 7 nearby schools.
NCES assigns T. L. Whitehead Elementary the locale Suburb: Small, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
From 2017-18 to 2024-25, T. L. Whitehead Elementary went from 435 students to 331. The percentage of White students decreased from 15% to 10% between 2017-18 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 24.2:1 in 2017-18, and 20.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Yolo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
220,564
Census ACS
Median income
$91,752
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
29,820 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodland Joint Unified
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Woodland Senior HighHigh · 1,155 students
- Ramon S. Tafoya ElementaryElementary · 772 students
- Douglass MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Woodland Prairie ElementaryElementary · 713 students
- Lee MiddleMiddle · 575 students
Other schools in Woodland
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Woodland Senior HighHigh · 1,155 students
- Ramon S. Tafoya ElementaryElementary · 772 students
- Douglass MiddleMiddle · 768 students
- Woodland Prairie ElementaryElementary · 713 students
- Lee MiddleMiddle · 575 students
Nearby schools
- Lee Middle0.6 mi · 575
- Zamora Elementary0.8 mi · 409
- Rhoda Maxwell Elementary1.0 mi · 395
- Yolo County Special Education1.0 mi · 166
- Cesar Chavez Community1.0 mi · 47
- Dingle Elementary1.0 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About T. L. Whitehead ElementaryHow large is T. L. Whitehead Elementary?
T. L. Whitehead Elementary enrolls approximately 331 students in grades KG-06.
Is T. L. Whitehead Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
T. L. Whitehead Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at T. L. Whitehead Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at T. L. Whitehead Elementary is approximately 20.4:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at T. L. Whitehead Elementary?
At T. L. Whitehead Elementary, the student body is approximately 10% White, 76% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees T. L. Whitehead Elementary?
T. L. Whitehead Elementary is overseen by Woodland Joint Unified in Yolo County.
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