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Which teacher or staff member at Woodbury Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,095
Elementary
DISTRICT 708 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IRVINE UNIFIED·NCES 068450007056
Woodbury Elementary
125 Great Lawn, Irvine, CA 92620 · (949) 936-5750 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,095 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
30.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 28.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
193 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 151 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 154 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 164 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 182 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 184 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (151) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (184).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
74.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.3pp since 2014
Math
70.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 49.5% | 25.2% | 13.4% | 12.0% |
| Math | 42.8% | 27.2% | 19.3% | 10.8% |
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 | 74.7% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.8% | 68.1% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 70.8% |
| 2021-22 | 75.8% | 70.0% |
| 2018-19 | 75.8% | 72.1% |
| 2017-18 | 74.4% | 70.9% |
| 2016-17 | 75.0% | 70.6% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 73.0% |
| 2014-15 | 78.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Woodbury Elementary
Woodbury Elementary's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury Elementary this school | 1,095 | 17.6% | 71.8% |
| Portola Springs Elementary Irvine | 948 | 15.3% | 75.2% |
| Cadence Park Irvine | 965 | 19.6% | 67.0% |
| Plaza Vista Irvine | 835 | 20.2% | 69.1% |
| Beacon Park Irvine | 1,065 | 12.9% | 74.0% |
| Turtle Rock Elementary Irvine | 881 | 21.3% | 81.0% |
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 Woodbury Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #572 of 5,151 | #87 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #604 of 5,172 ▲ 93 | #92 of 382 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #508 of 5,172 ▲ 13 | #84 of 382 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #1,630 of 5,116 | #125 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,095 | #33 of 5,915 | #3 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 30.6:1 | #5,326 of 5,352 | #392 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #1,756 of 5,354 | #148 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.6% | #5,227 of 5,625 | #374 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #3,130 of 3,837 | #279 of 324 |
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
1,095
-78 (-7%) vs 2017
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 709
Student : Teacher
30.6:1
was 31.7:1
% White
18%
was 23%
% Hispanic
11%
was 12%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
58%
was 54%
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 | 1,095 | 35.8 | 30.6:1 | 18% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 1,089 | 36.1 | 30.2:1 | 17% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 1,069 | 35.6 | 30.0:1 | 15% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 1,173 | 37 | 31.7:1 | 14% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 727 | N/A | N/A | 12% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 620 | 28 | 22.1:1 | 5% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 709 | 23 | 30.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodbury Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,173 to 1,095); teachers down 3% (37 to 35.8).
About Woodbury Elementary
The public elementary school Woodbury Elementary is located in Irvine, California. The latest federal count shows 1,095 students in kindergarten through 6. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 135% higher.
The district, Irvine Unified, has 37,948 students enrolled across 44 schools.
At 58%, Asian students outnumber all other groups at Woodbury Elementary combined. Smaller groups are 18% White, 12% multiracial, and 11% Hispanic. County-wide, 22% of Orange County residents are Asian. By the diversity index, Woodbury Elementary comes in at 61%.
Teachers at Woodbury Elementary total 35.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 30.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 18%. The average for public schools in Orange County is 55%.
On BeatsExpectations, Woodbury Elementary is 2.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Orange County census figures show that median household income is about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Woodbury Elementary is among the 649 public schools in Orange County.
Jeffrey Trail Middle is the public school closest to Woodbury Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Woodbury Elementary is 5th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for Woodbury Elementary is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,095, 7% below the 1,173 of 2017-18. Over the same years, the White share decreased from 23% to 18%. The number of students per teacher fell from 31.7 to 30.6 over 7 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Woodbury Elementary covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Irvine Unified
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- Sierra Vista MiddleMiddle · 1,282 students
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- Woodbridge HighHigh · 2,232 students
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Other Woodbury Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Woodbury Elementary. Woodbury Elementary is the largest of the 6.
- Woodbury ElementaryGarden Grove, CA · 337 students
- Woodbury Elementary SchoolShaker Heights, OH · 642 students
- WOODBURY ELEMENTARYWOODBURY, MN · 483 students
- Woodbury Elementary SchoolMarshalltown, IA · 387 students
- Woodbury Elementary SchoolWoodbury, VT · 54 students
Nearby schools
- Jeffrey Trail Middle0.6 mi · 1,049
- Cypress Village Elementary0.9 mi · 1,007
- Stonegate Elementary1.0 mi · 1,037
- Beacon Park1.0 mi · 1,065
- Eastwood Elementary1.3 mi · 647
- Northwood Elementary1.3 mi · 508
Frequently asked questions
About Woodbury ElementaryHow many students attend Woodbury Elementary?
Woodbury Elementary enrolls approximately 1,095 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Woodbury Elementary serve?
Woodbury Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Woodbury Elementary?
Approximately 30.6:1 students per teacher at Woodbury Elementary.
How diverse is Woodbury Elementary?
Woodbury Elementary reports a student body of 18% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 58% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Woodbury Elementary public or private?
Woodbury Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Irvine Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.