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What tradition at Woodson Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 292 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORNING UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 060978011523
Woodson Elementary
N 150 Toomes Ave., Corning, CA 96021 · (530) 824-7720 · Tehama County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
22.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
435 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 85% larger than its 6th grade class (47).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
27.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.1pp since 2014
Math
24.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.6% | 18.4% | 24.6% | 47.4% |
| Math | 8.5% | 15.7% | 20.3% | 55.5% |
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 | 27.9% | 24.2% |
| 2023-24 | 22.7% | 21.8% |
| 2022-23 | 17.1% | 13.9% |
| 2021-22 | 15.2% | 13.6% |
| 2020-21 | 21.6% | 13.9% |
| 2018-19 | 28.2% | 24.4% |
| 2017-18 | 24.6% | 21.9% |
| 2016-17 | 25.5% | 17.4% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 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
23.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Woodson Elementary
Woodson Elementary's state test result (23.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodson Elementary this school | 486 | 89.5% | 23.5% |
| Richard M. Moon Primary Waterford | 510 | 89.8% | 35.7% |
| Ronald Reagan Elementary Chowchilla | 490 | 90.2% | 27.1% |
| Mill Street Elementary Orland | 521 | 86.9% | N/A |
| Roosevelt Elementary Taft | 520 | 93.1% | 26.6% |
| Olive View Elementary Corning | 549 | 89.6% | 21.3% |
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 Woodson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tehama County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #4,243 of 5,151 | #13 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #3,854 of 5,172 ▲ 120 | #10 of 16 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #4,182 of 5,172 ▲ 329 | #12 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.7pp | #410 of 5,116 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #2,616 of 5,915 | #3 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,228 of 5,352 | #6 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #3,443 of 5,354 | #10 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.5% | #1,156 of 5,625 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.7% | #714 of 3,837 | #1 of 8 |
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
486
-114 (-19%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 436
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 486 | 22 | 22.1:1 | 90% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 22 | 22.2:1 | 89% (437) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 25 | 23.4:1 | 90% (526) |
| 2020-21 | 600 | 24 | 25.0:1 | 76% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 672 | 25.4 | 26.5:1 | 84% (567) |
| 2015-16 | 634 | 25 | 25.4:1 | 80% (505) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | N/A | N/A | 81% (351) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (672 to 486); teachers down 13% (25.4 to 22).
About Woodson Elementary
As a mid-sized elementary school, Woodson Elementary serves students in Corning, California. In all, 486 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6.
Corning Union Elementary is made up of 6 schools with 1,976 students in all.
The student body at Woodson Elementary is 74% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 23% White and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Tehama County, the Hispanic share is about 29%. A diversity index of 40% means there is a 40% chance two randomly chosen students at Woodson Elementary are from different groups.
Woodson Elementary reported 22 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 22.1:1. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. Roughly 90% of students at Woodson Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Tehama County averages 72%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Woodson Elementary lands at C, ahead of 28% of California public elementary schools.
The model predicts 27.1% for a school in California with Woodson Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Woodson Elementary posts 23.5%.
Census data for Tehama County show the median household earns about $63,784 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Tehama County number 41, with about 10,948 students.
Among nearby public schools, West Street Elementary is closest at about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Woodson Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Woodson Elementary in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
Enrollment figures show a decline of 114 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 25.0:1 in 2020-21 and 22.1:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Woodson Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Tehama County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,167
Census ACS
Median income
$63,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
10,948 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Corning Union Elementary
- Olive View ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Maywood MiddleMiddle · 515 students
- West Street ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Rancho Tehama ElementaryElementary · 94 students
- Columbia AcademyElementary · 8 students
Other schools in Corning
- Corning Union HighHigh · 974 students
- Olive View ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Maywood MiddleMiddle · 515 students
- West Street ElementaryElementary · 324 students
- Richfield ElementaryElementary · 253 students
- Kirkwood ElementaryElementary · 105 students
Nearby schools
- West Street Elementary0.8 mi · 324
- Corning Union High1.1 mi · 974
- Olive View Elementary1.5 mi · 549
- Columbia Academy1.6 mi · 8
- Maywood Middle1.7 mi · 515
- Corning Independent Study1.8 mi · 29
Frequently asked questions
About Woodson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Woodson Elementary?
Woodson Elementary enrolls approximately 486 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Woodson Elementary serve?
Woodson Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Woodson Elementary?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Woodson Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Woodson Elementary?
Student demographics at Woodson Elementary are roughly 23% White, 74% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Woodson Elementary in?
Woodson Elementary is part of Corning Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.