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Enrollment
561
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003472
Woodlake Elementary Community Charter
23231 Hatteras St., Woodland Hills, CA 91367 · (818) 347-7097 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL561 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of California public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
257 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 120 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 45% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
56.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.9pp since 2014
Math
55.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 30.8% | 26.1% | 27.7% | 15.4% |
| Math | 28.3% | 27.5% | 24.0% | 20.2% |
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 | 56.9% | 55.8% |
| 2023-24 | 60.4% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.2% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 66.0% | 52.3% |
| 2018-19 | 69.2% | 61.6% |
| 2017-18 | 76.1% | 61.3% |
| 2016-17 | 64.6% | 55.3% |
| 2015-16 | 56.0% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Woodlake Elementary Community Charter
Woodlake Elementary Community Charter's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlake Elementary Community Charter this school | 561 | 45.8% | 56.0% |
| Pershing Elementary Orangevale | 494 | 44.5% | 61.7% |
| Las Flores Elementary Ridgecrest | 526 | 47.3% | 45.7% |
| Lemon Avenue Elementary La Mesa | 502 | 44.4% | 52.1% |
| Carlton Hills Elementary Santee | 601 | 47.9% | 59.0% |
| Marigold Elementary Chico | 571 | 51.0% | 46.0% |
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 Woodlake Elementary Community Charter ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,342 of 5,151 | #306 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #1,269 of 5,172 ▲ 185 | #294 of 1,129 ▲ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #1,548 of 5,172 ▼ 311 | #347 of 1,129 ▼ 73 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.8pp | #1,007 of 5,116 | #160 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 561 | #1,749 of 5,915 | #347 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #3,273 of 5,352 | #782 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #1,385 of 5,354 | #211 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.8% | #4,094 of 5,625 | #1,027 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.3% | #742 of 1,139 | #120 of 181 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
561
+44 (+9%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 641
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 21.5:1
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 | 561 | 24 | 23.4:1 | 46% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 25 | 23.3:1 | 37% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 25 | 23.7:1 | 31% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 24 | 21.5:1 | 32% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 24 | 22.2:1 | 41% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 511 | 21 | 24.3:1 | 31% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 591 | N/A | N/A | 20% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 651 | 31 | 21.0:1 | 18% (115) |
| 1990-91 | 641 | 22 | 29.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodlake Elementary Community Charter.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (533 to 561); teachers unchanged (24 to 24).
About Woodlake Elementary Community Charter
Woodlake Elementary Community Charter is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Woodland Hills, California. It teaches 561 students in kindergarten through 5. It has 21% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Los Angeles Unified counts 406,887 students in its 784 schools, and Woodlake Elementary Community Charter is one of them.
More than half of the students at Woodlake Elementary Community Charter are White (54%). The remaining shares are 22% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 4% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Los Angeles County's population at about 31%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Woodlake Elementary Community Charter scores 64%.
A staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 23.4:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 1.1 students per teacher. By family income, 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Los Angeles County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Woodlake Elementary Community Charter lands at B, ahead of 62% of California public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Woodlake Elementary Community Charter is 3.3 points above its prediction. Actual: 56.0%. Predicted: 52.7%.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Woodlake Elementary Community Charter among them.
About 0.7 miles separate Woodlake Elementary Community Charter from the closest public school, El Camino Real Charter High. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Woodlake Elementary Community Charter is 6th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns Woodlake Elementary Community Charter the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Woodlake Elementary Community Charter is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 517 to 561, a 9% increase. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 21.5:1 to 23.4:1.
The allk12 page for Woodlake Elementary Community Charter lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Woodlake Elementary Community CharterHow many students attend Woodlake Elementary Community Charter?
Woodlake Elementary Community Charter enrolls approximately 561 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Woodlake Elementary Community Charter serve?
Woodlake Elementary Community Charter serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Woodlake Elementary Community Charter?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodlake Elementary Community Charter is approximately 23.4:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Woodlake Elementary Community Charter?
Student demographics at Woodlake Elementary Community Charter are roughly 54% White, 22% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Woodlake Elementary Community Charter in?
Woodlake Elementary Community Charter is part of Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.