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Enrollment
613
Middle
DISTRICT 792 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMEDA UNIFIED·NCES 060177000057
Will C. Wood Middle
1801 Sandcreek Way, Alameda, CA 94501 · (510) 748-4015 · Alameda County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of California public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
318 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 204 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 194 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 215 | 35% |
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
55.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.6pp since 2014
Math
42.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.4% | 33.2% | 20.4% | 23.9% |
| Math | 24.2% | 18.5% | 23.0% | 34.3% |
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 | 55.6% | 42.7% |
| 2023-24 | 52.7% | 45.4% |
| 2022-23 | 51.9% | 40.3% |
| 2021-22 | 60.7% | 40.0% |
| 2018-19 | 56.9% | 41.5% |
| 2017-18 | 59.6% | 46.9% |
| 2016-17 | 49.9% | 41.1% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 41.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Will C. Wood Middle
Will C. Wood Middle's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Will C. Wood Middle this school | 613 | 51.9% | 49.1% |
| Tetzlaff (Martin B.) Middle Cerritos | 542 | 53.5% | 57.8% |
| Robert O. Townsend Junior High Chino Hills | 905 | 54.8% | 63.9% |
| Harriet G. Eddy Middle Elk Grove | 1,034 | 55.5% | 37.8% |
| Casimir Middle Torrance | 617 | 44.1% | 59.9% |
| Hilton D. Bell Intermediate Garden Grove | 632 | 41.6% | 75.6% |
Matched among California middle 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 Will C. Wood Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #360 of 1,224 | #25 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #367 of 1,227 ▼ 50 | #24 of 46 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #385 of 1,227 ▲ 9 | #25 of 46 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.2pp | #258 of 1,214 | #9 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #733 of 1,377 | #26 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #602 of 1,279 | #24 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.3% | #8 of 1,278 | #3 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.9% | #926 of 1,329 | #28 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.1% | #56 of 257 | #8 of 17 |
Ranked against other public middle 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
613
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 704
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 613 | 29.3 | 20.9:1 | 52% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 603 | 26.5 | 22.7:1 | 58% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 610 | 29.4 | 20.8:1 | 55% (333) |
| 2020-21 | 612 | 30 | 20.4:1 | 38% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 25.5 | 20.4:1 | 50% (257) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 26 | 18.0:1 | 46% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | N/A | N/A | 54% (309) |
| 2000-01 | 785 | 36 | 21.8:1 | 36% (280) |
| 1990-91 | 704 | 33 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Will C. Wood Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (519 to 613); teachers up 15% (25.5 to 29.3).
About Will C. Wood Middle
Will C. Wood Middle is the name of a mid-sized middle school in Alameda, California. Total enrollment is 613 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8.
Will C. Wood Middle is one of the 15 schools that make up Alameda Unified (9,260 students in total).
The largest group at Will C. Wood Middle is Asian students, at 31%. It is also 22% Hispanic, 21% White, 18% multiracial, and 7% Black. Census estimates put Alameda County at about 33% Asian, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Will C. Wood Middle is 77%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Will C. Wood Middle is 20.9:1, based on 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is close to this figure. Lunch program data show 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Will C. Wood Middle earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 64% of California public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Will C. Wood Middle, the prediction is 49.1% and the result is 49.1%.
For the population of Alameda County, median household income comes to about $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Alameda County's 394 public schools enroll about 210,511 students and include Will C. Wood Middle.
Of the public schools around it, Will C. Wood Middle is closest to Franklin Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 66.1% proficiency; Will C. Wood Middle posts 49.1%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 613, close to the 612 recorded in 2020-21.
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Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alameda Unified
- Alameda HighHigh · 1,868 students
- Encinal Junior/Senior HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 971 students
- Amelia Earhart ElementaryElementary · 573 students
- Frank Otis ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Bay FarmElementary · 531 students
Other schools in Alameda
- Alameda HighHigh · 1,868 students
- Encinal Junior/Senior HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Lincoln MiddleMiddle · 971 students
- The Academy of AlamedaElementary · 638 students
- Amelia Earhart ElementaryElementary · 573 students
- Frank Otis ElementaryElementary · 569 students
Other Will C. Wood Middle schools
One other US public school is named Will C. Wood Middle. Will C. Wood Middle is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Will C. Wood MiddleSacramento, CA · 680 students
Nearby schools
- Franklin Elementary0.5 mi · 291
- Love Elementary0.9 mi · 498
- Maya Lin0.9 mi · 475
- Alameda High0.9 mi · 1,868
- Bay Farm1.3 mi · 531
- William G. Paden Elementary1.4 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Will C. Wood MiddleHow large is Will C. Wood Middle?
Will C. Wood Middle enrolls approximately 613 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Will C. Wood Middle serve?
Will C. Wood Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Will C. Wood Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Will C. Wood Middle is approximately 20.9:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Will C. Wood Middle?
At Will C. Wood Middle, the student body is approximately 21% White, 22% Hispanic, 7% Black, 31% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Will C. Wood Middle?
Will C. Wood Middle is overseen by Alameda Unified in Alameda County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.