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Which teacher or staff member at Woodward Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 556 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000668
Woodward Elementary School
3034 Curtis Dr NE, Brookhaven, GA 30319 · (678) 874-7802 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
468 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 41 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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 DeKalb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
17.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.5pp since 2021
Math
16.6%
GA avg 44.6% . -9.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.1% | 16.6% |
| 2023-24 | 19.6% | 23.1% |
| 2022-23 | 25.9% | 27.1% |
| 2021-22 | 20.6% | 25.8% |
% 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
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Woodward Elementary School
Woodward Elementary School's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodward Elementary School this school | 553 | 84.6% | 20.6% |
| Blue Ridge Elementary School Dalton | 632 | 85.3% | 22.0% |
| Montclair Elementary School Brookhaven | 590 | 83.6% | 14.5% |
| Hightower Elementary School Doraville | 604 | 88.6% | 18.6% |
| Park Creek Elementary School Dalton | 604 | 78.8% | 37.2% |
| McEver Elementary School Gainesville | 487 | 85.6% | 23.5% |
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 Woodward Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #1,038 of 1,208 | #57 of 88 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #1,127 of 1,215 ▼ 150 | #75 of 88 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #1,082 of 1,215 ▼ 24 | #66 of 88 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.4pp | #85 of 1,183 | #3 of 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #724 of 1,324 | #33 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #279 of 1,301 | #26 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.1% | #1,222 of 1,301 | #79 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.6% | #648 of 1,312 | #58 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.0% | #20 of 854 | #9 of 73 |
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
553
-36 (-6%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 545
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 553 | 46 | 12.0:1 | 85% (468) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 44.5 | 12.3:1 | 90% (491) |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 44.5 | 12.2:1 | 100% (544) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 53 | 11.1:1 | 99% (584) |
| 2017-18 | 954 | 70.5 | 13.5:1 | 96% (918) |
| 2015-16 | 1,055 | 70 | 15.1:1 | 96% (1,008) |
| 2010-11 | 831 | 53 | 15.7:1 | 99% (826) |
| 2000-01 | 741 | 45 | 16.5:1 | 82% (606) |
| 1990-91 | 545 | 33 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodward Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (954 to 553); teachers down 35% (70.5 to 46).
About Woodward Elementary School
Woodward Elementary School is a public medium-sized elementary school in Brookhaven, Georgia. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 553 students.
In DeKalb County, 131 schools enroll a combined 92,088 students.
At Woodward Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 90% of the student body. The remaining students are 7% Black. Among people living in DeKalb County, the Hispanic share is about 11%. By the diversity index, Woodward Elementary School comes in at 18%.
The school reports 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.0 students per teacher. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 85%. The gap from the 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County is 8 points.
Test results at Woodward Elementary School are 13.0 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (20.6% actual, 33.6% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for DeKalb County show that median household income is about $80,644, roughly 47% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 154 public schools in DeKalb County, with a combined enrollment of about 102,960.
Cross Keys High School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Woodward Elementary School is 6th among 8 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Woodward Elementary School went from 589 students to 553.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
765,351
Census ACS
Median income
$80,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
154
102,960 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Chamblee High SchoolHigh · 1,867 students
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
Other schools in Brookhaven
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- John Robert Lewis Elementary SchoolElementary · 840 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolElementary · 728 students
- Montclair Elementary SchoolElementary · 590 students
- DeKalb PATH Academy Charter SchoolMiddle · 369 students
Other Woodward Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Woodward Elementary. Woodward Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- WOODWARD ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 319 students
- Woodward ElementaryKALAMAZOO, MI · 242 students
- Woodward Elementary SchoolLock Haven, PA · 215 students
Nearby schools
- Cross Keys High School0.2 mi · 1,748
- Montclair Elementary School1.1 mi · 590
- Kittredge Magnet School1.1 mi · 552
- Margaret Harris Comprehensive School1.2 mi · 76
- John Robert Lewis Elementary School1.9 mi · 840
- Sagamore Hills Elementary School2.0 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About Woodward Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Woodward Elementary School?
Woodward Elementary School enrolls approximately 553 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Woodward Elementary School serve?
Woodward Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Woodward Elementary School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Woodward Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Woodward Elementary School?
At Woodward Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 90% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Woodward Elementary School public or private?
Woodward Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.