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What's something WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
834
Elementary
DISTRICT 504 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLANDS·NCES 120084000899
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
817 WOODLAWN DR, SEBRING, FL 33870 · (863) 471-5444 · Highlands County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL834 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
552 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
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 | 137 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 143 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 146 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (137) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (147).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70% · 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
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
53.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
63.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.7% | 63.4% |
| 2023-24 | 49.9% | 63.7% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 834 | 66.2% | 58.6% |
| WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ZEPHYRHILLS | 792 | 66.7% | 33.2% |
| HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE WALES | 667 | 69.1% | 60.0% |
| OCALA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 682 | 64.4% | 51.0% |
| HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUMMERFIELD | 833 | 65.5% | 36.5% |
| FORT BRADEN SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 668 | 65.6% | 34.8% |
Matched among Florida 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 WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Highlands County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #936 of 2,136 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #947 of 2,149 ▼ 150 | #7 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #1,124 of 2,149 ▲ 56 | #6 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 834 | #398 of 2,267 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #1,632 of 2,077 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #337 of 2,108 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #628 of 2,188 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +39.0% | #81 of 621 | N/A |
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
834
+210 (+34%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 776
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 834 | 47 | 17.7:1 | 66% (552) |
| 2023-24 | 777 | 44 | 17.7:1 | 81% (630) |
| 2022-23 | 794 | 44 | 18.1:1 | 73% (580) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 68% (426) |
| 2017-18 | 600 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 82% (490) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 35 | 16.2:1 | 79% (449) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | 36 | 13.8:1 | 71% (353) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 33 | 18.1:1 | 69% (409) |
| 1990-91 | 776 | 42 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in SEBRING, Florida, administered by HIGHLANDS. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 834 students. Enrollment is 38% higher than the average for elementary schools in Florida, which is about 604.
The 22 schools of HIGHLANDS, including WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, enroll 12,040 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The largest is White students, at 42%. Other students are 32% Hispanic, 19% Black, and 6% multiracial. That is lower than the 68% White share among all Highlands County residents. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 17.7:1. That is close to the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 66% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is B+. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 67% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 10.6 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (58.6% actual, 48.0% predicted).
Census estimates describe Highlands County this way: the median household income is $54,897, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. In all, Highlands County has 24 public schools and roughly 12,040 students.
The school nearest to WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is SEBRING MIDDLE SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 1st out of 4 schools in its immediate area.
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is up 34% from 2020-21, when WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 624 students, to 2024-25, when it had 834. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 17.7:1, from 15.2:1.
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Highlands County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
105,702
Census ACS
Median income
$54,897
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
12,040 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HIGHLANDS
- SEBRING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,849 students
- AVON PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 980 students
- SEBRING MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 840 students
- LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 829 students
- CRACKER TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 710 students
- HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 669 students
Other schools in SEBRING
- SEBRING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,849 students
- SEBRING MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 840 students
- CRACKER TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 710 students
- HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 669 students
- SUN 'N LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 588 students
- FRED WILD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 576 students
Other Woodlawn Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 11 states are named Woodlawn Elementary. WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 13.
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLST PETERSBURG, FL · 216 students
- Woodlawn ElementaryWoodlawn, TN · 708 students
- Woodlawn ElementaryBaton Rouge, LA · 658 students
- Woodlawn Elementary SchoolDanville, KY · 657 students
- Woodlawn Elementary SchoolWest Monroe, LA · 508 students
Nearby schools
- SEBRING MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 840
- HIGHLANDS VIRTUAL SCHOOL1.5 mi · 141
- HIGHLANDS COUNTY SCHOOLS JAIL PROGRAM1.5 mi · 2
- HIGHLANDS COUNTY HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND PROGRAM1.5 mi · 17
- NON-ENROLLED PK EXCEPTIONAL ED PROGRAM1.5 mi · 6
- SEBRING HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,849
Frequently asked questions
About WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 834 students in grades PK-05.
Is WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.7:1 (47 FTE teachers).
How diverse is WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 42% White, 32% Hispanic, 19% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HIGHLANDS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.