Zamora Elementary

Zamora Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Woodland, California, overseen by Woodland Joint Unified. The school caters to 409 students in grades K through 6.

Within Woodland Joint Unified, which oversees 17 schools and 9,304 students, Zamora Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Zamora Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 39% White, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Yolo County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Zamora Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 56.9%, a residual of +8.4 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Yolo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $91,752 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Yolo County's 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,820 students), Zamora Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is T. L. Whitehead Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Zamora Elementary at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 24.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 473 students in 2018 compared to 409 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Zamora Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.