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What's the one class at Woodland Prairie Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
713
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODLAND JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 064308009466
Woodland Prairie Elementary
1444 Stetson St., Woodland, CA 95695 · (530) 662-2898 · Yolo County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL713 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
24.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
596 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 110 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (110).
Student demographics
37%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
25.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.3pp since 2014
Math
18.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.3% | 17.4% | 23.8% | 50.5% |
| Math | 7.0% | 11.9% | 23.0% | 58.1% |
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 | 25.7% | 18.9% |
| 2023-24 | 27.4% | 19.6% |
| 2022-23 | 27.7% | 19.5% |
| 2021-22 | 25.5% | 17.0% |
| 2018-19 | 44.0% | 25.8% |
| 2017-18 | 38.4% | 28.6% |
| 2016-17 | 31.2% | 22.0% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Woodland Prairie Elementary
Woodland Prairie Elementary's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Prairie Elementary this school | 713 | 83.6% | 23.0% |
| Lampson Elementary Garden Grove | 676 | 82.0% | 29.5% |
| Virginia Parks Elementary Modesto | 643 | 83.7% | 28.3% |
| Marshall (John) Elementary Anaheim | 688 | 82.1% | 24.6% |
| Ann B. Leavenworth Fresno | 748 | 81.6% | 39.2% |
| Alberta Martone Elementary Modesto | 627 | 81.0% | 34.4% |
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 Woodland Prairie Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Yolo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #4,290 of 5,151 | #22 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #4,403 of 5,172 ▼ 187 | #22 of 29 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #4,409 of 5,172 ▼ 333 | #23 of 29 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.1pp | #3,003 of 5,116 | #8 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 713 | #696 of 5,915 | #5 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #4,049 of 5,352 | #29 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.3% | #3,598 of 5,354 | #29 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #1,822 of 5,625 | #7 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #3,166 of 3,837 | #18 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
713
-48 (-6%) vs 2017
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 26.2:1
% White
7%
was 8%
% Hispanic
78%
was 81%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
9%
was 9%
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 | 713 | 29.2 | 24.4:1 | 84% (596) |
| 2023-24 | 730 | 29.4 | 24.8:1 | 89% (652) |
| 2022-23 | 755 | 29.7 | 25.4:1 | 86% (653) |
| 2017-18 | 761 | 29 | 26.2:1 | 73% (553) |
| 2015-16 | 712 | 26 | 27.4:1 | 88% (629) |
| 2010-11 | 687 | N/A | N/A | 85% (583) |
| 2000-01 | 794 | 41 | 19.4:1 | 57% (455) |
| 1990-91 | 595 | 27 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodland Prairie Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (761 to 713); teachers up 1% (29 to 29.2).
About Woodland Prairie Elementary
Woodland Prairie Elementary serves students in Woodland, California, as a large elementary school. A total of 713 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 53% larger than average.
In Woodland Joint Unified, 17 schools enroll a combined 9,304 students.
Woodland Prairie Elementary is 78% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% Asian, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. In Yolo County overall, about 33% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 37% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 24.4:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school's lunch program data list 84% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Yolo County average 59%.
The allk12 Grade for Woodland Prairie Elementary is C-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 15% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 23.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 30.6%.
Census estimates describe Yolo County this way: the median household income is $91,752, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides Woodland Prairie Elementary, Yolo County has 66 other public schools.
Pioneer High is the public school closest to Woodland Prairie Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 29.0%; Woodland Prairie Elementary's is 23.0%, ranking 7th of 8.
The NCES locale for Woodland Prairie Elementary is Suburb: Small, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment at Woodland Prairie Elementary declined 6% between 2017-18 and 2024-25, from 761 to 713 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 26.2:1 to 24.4:1 over the same years.
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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
- Lee MiddleMiddle · 575 students
- Beamer ElementaryElementary · 496 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
- Lee MiddleMiddle · 575 students
- Beamer ElementaryElementary · 496 students
Nearby schools
- Pioneer High0.8 mi · 1,582
- Ramon S. Tafoya Elementary0.8 mi · 772
- Douglass Middle1.0 mi · 768
- Dan Jacobs1.3 mi · 8
- Gibson Elementary1.3 mi · 344
- Dingle Elementary1.3 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About Woodland Prairie ElementaryHow many students attend Woodland Prairie Elementary?
Woodland Prairie Elementary enrolls approximately 713 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Woodland Prairie Elementary serve?
Woodland Prairie Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Woodland Prairie Elementary have?
Woodland Prairie Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.4:1.
How diverse is Woodland Prairie Elementary?
Woodland Prairie Elementary reports a student body of 7% White, 78% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Woodland Prairie Elementary in?
Woodland Prairie Elementary is part of Woodland Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.