Woodville Elementary

Woodville Elementary is one of the compact primary schools in Porterville, California, one of the schools within Woodville Union Elementary, with 371 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 20% below typical.

Operationally, Woodville Elementary answers to Woodville Union Elementary, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Woodville Elementary lists that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Tulare County as a whole is about 67% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Woodville Elementary logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Woodville Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Tulare County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Woodville Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Tulare County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,300, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Tulare County runs 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), of which Woodville Elementary is one.

Buena Vista Community Day is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Woodville Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 28.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Woodville Elementary has fell 15%, going from 434 students in 2018 to 371 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Woodville Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.