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Alumni: what's one memory from Woodland Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
851
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228001015
Woodland Elementary School
1130 Spalding Dr, Atlanta, GA 30350 · (470) 254-5890 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL851 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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 Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
396 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 74%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 50 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 131 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 136 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 150 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 141 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (131) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 71% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Fulton County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
54.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +8.7pp since 2021
Math
54.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.1% | 54.6% |
| 2023-24 | 56.4% | 51.2% |
| 2022-23 | 52.5% | 50.8% |
| 2021-22 | 45.4% | 47.0% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 Woodland Elementary School
Woodland Elementary School's state test result (54.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Elementary School this school | 851 | 46.5% | 54.9% |
| Mason Elementary School Duluth | 913 | 45.6% | 53.4% |
| Amana Academy School Alpharetta | 667 | 47.5% | 64.4% |
| Patrick Elementary School Buford | 999 | 49.5% | 50.2% |
| Burnette Elementary School Suwanee | 664 | 44.1% | 64.3% |
| Gwin Oaks Elementary School Lawrenceville | 1,077 | 45.1% | 69.9% |
Matched among Georgia 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 Woodland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #262 of 1,208 | #35 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #329 of 1,215 ▲ 66 | #35 of 113 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #209 of 1,215 ▲ 13 | #35 of 113 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.1pp | #211 of 1,183 | #34 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 851 | #180 of 1,324 | #5 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #682 of 1,301 | #71 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.1% | #55 of 1,301 | #9 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.5% | #1,069 of 1,312 | #84 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #411 of 854 | #52 of 92 |
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
851
-117 (-12%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 720
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 851 | 63 | 13.5:1 | 47% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 960 | 68.7 | 14.0:1 | 44% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 968 | 63 | 15.4:1 | 39% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 968 | 71 | 13.6:1 | 32% (314) |
| 2017-18 | 986 | 68.8 | 14.3:1 | 39% (382) |
| 2015-16 | 949 | 68 | 14.0:1 | 51% (484) |
| 2010-11 | 886 | 62 | 14.3:1 | 57% (506) |
| 2000-01 | 572 | 49 | 11.7:1 | 29% (165) |
| 1990-91 | 720 | 43 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (986 to 851); teachers down 8% (68.8 to 63).
About Woodland Elementary School
Woodland Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Atlanta, Georgia. It enrolls 851 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. The school is 41% above the average for elementary schools in Georgia.
The district for Woodland Elementary School is Fulton County, with 107 schools and 87,563 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Woodland Elementary School is Black, with 37% of students. Other groups make up 30% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 8% White, and 6% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
With 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.5:1. It is about the same as the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Woodland Elementary School, 47% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Fulton County average 62%.
On the allk12 Grade, Woodland Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 77% of Georgia public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 53.3%.
Looking at the county, Fulton County, the median household earns about $95,292 a year, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Woodland Elementary School, Fulton County has 205 public schools.
Woodland Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is North Springs High School, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Woodland Elementary School ranks 4th of 9 nearby schools, at 54.9% versus a 53.6% average.
NCES describes the area around Woodland Elementary School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Woodland Elementary School enrolled 968 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 851.
The allk12 page for Woodland Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fulton County
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Roswell High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Langston Hughes High SchoolHigh · 1,891 students
- Johns Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,789 students
Other schools in Atlanta
- Georgia Cyber Academy (Virtual)Combined · 9,952 students
- North Atlanta High SchoolHigh · 2,368 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Riverwood International Charter SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
Other Woodland Elementary schools
39 other US public schools in 23 states are named Woodland Elementary. Woodland Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 40.
- Woodland Elementary SchoolStockbridge, GA · 491 students
- Woodland ElementaryGages Lake, IL · 1,386 students
- Woodland ElementaryGreer, SC · 1,293 students
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLZEPHYRHILLS, FL · 792 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolKINGSFORD, MI · 771 students
Nearby schools
- North Springs High School0.7 mi · 1,195
- Austin Elementary School1.0 mi · 803
- Ison Springs Elementary School1.1 mi · 433
- Dunwoody Springs Elementary School1.2 mi · 548
- Spalding Drive Elementary1.9 mi · 344
- Dunwoody High School2.4 mi · 2,012
Frequently asked questions
About Woodland Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Woodland Elementary School?
Woodland Elementary School enrolls approximately 851 students in grades PK-05.
Is Woodland Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Woodland Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Woodland Elementary School have?
Woodland Elementary School employs 63 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
How diverse is Woodland Elementary School?
Woodland Elementary School reports a student body of 8% White, 18% Hispanic, 37% Black, 30% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Woodland Elementary School in?
Woodland Elementary School is part of Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.