Woodland Elementary School

Woodland Elementary School is a big elementary school in AURORA, Colorado, one of the schools within Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah. The school serves 577 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 52% bigger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Within Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah, which oversees 70 schools and 52,099 students, Woodland Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Woodland Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 11% Asian, 10% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Arapahoe County's rate of about 50%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Woodland Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.4%, the actual is 50.8%, a residual of -3.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Arapahoe County shows the typical household earns roughly $101,087 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Arapahoe County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), Woodland Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Altitude Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Woodland Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodland Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.