Enrollment
170
Elementary
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANDWICH CUSD 430·NCES 173537003695
W W Woodbury Elementary School
322 E 3rd St, Sandwich, IL 60548 · (815) 786-6316 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL170 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Illinois 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.
- ABeats 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 Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
81 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 25 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 25% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 69% · 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
W W Woodbury Elementary School→Herman E Dummer→Sandwich Middle School→Sandwich Community High School
Based on grade levels within Sandwich CUSD 430. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
43.5%
IL avg 51.0% . -27.9pp since 2023
Math
58.7%
IL avg 37.9% . -15.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 28 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.5% | 58.7% |
| 2023-24 | 71.4% | 73.8% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 W W Woodbury Elementary School
W W Woodbury Elementary School's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W W Woodbury Elementary School this school | 170 | 47.6% | 58.3% |
| Ladd Comm Cons School Ladd | 183 | 53.0% | 41.4% |
| Lynn G Haskin Elementary School Sandwich | 226 | 46.0% | 68.6% |
| East Coloma - Nelson Elementary School Rock Falls | 214 | 52.8% | 51.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary School Pontiac | 227 | 50.2% | 26.8% |
| Manchester Elementary School Poplar Grove | 136 | 42.6% | 50.9% |
Matched among Illinois 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 W W Woodbury Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #369 of 1,925 | #3 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #444 of 2,077 ▼ 411 | #5 of 22 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #1,229 of 2,077 ▼ 1,136 | #14 of 22 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 170 | #2,150 of 2,419 | #24 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.6% | #1,361 of 2,132 | #12 of 23 |
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
170
+39 (+30%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 289
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 | 170 | 9.3 | 18.3:1 | 48% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 192 | 12.2 | 15.8:1 | 51% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 213 | 12.4 | 17.2:1 | 44% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 131 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 183 | 10 | 18.3:1 | 39% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 168 | 10 | 16.8:1 | 51% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 184 | 12 | 15.3:1 | 32% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 259 | 17 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 289 | 15 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W W Woodbury Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (183 to 170); teachers down 7% (10 to 9.3).
About W W Woodbury Elementary School
W W Woodbury Elementary School is a small elementary school in Sandwich, Illinois, (ZIP code 60548). The school reports 170 students in pre-K through 3. The typical figure for elementary schools in Illinois is about 381 students.
Sandwich CUSD 430 has a total of 6 schools and 1,872 students, W W Woodbury Elementary School among them.
White students account for 71% of enrollment at W W Woodbury Elementary School. The remaining students are 25% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, DeKalb County is about 74% White. By the diversity index, W W Woodbury Elementary School comes in at 44%.
Its teaching staff equals 9.3 full-time positions, a ratio of 18.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Illinois average 13.9:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 48%. Across public schools in DeKalb County, the average is about the same, 48%.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, W W Woodbury Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, W W Woodbury Elementary School is in the top 10% of Illinois schools: 58.3% actual against 44.0% predicted.
DeKalb County has these Census figures: median household income is about $70,724, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The public schools of DeKalb County number 43 and enroll about 16,328.
The closest public school to W W Woodbury Elementary School is Herman E Dummer, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of W W Woodbury Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 58.3% is above the 48.9% average for nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
W W Woodbury Elementary School saw enrollment rise 30% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
100,703
Census ACS
Median income
$70,724
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
16,328 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sandwich CUSD 430
- Sandwich Community High SchoolHigh · 560 students
- Sandwich Middle SchoolMiddle · 420 students
- Herman E DummerElementary · 275 students
- Lynn G Haskin Elementary SchoolElementary · 226 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 221 students
Other schools in Sandwich
- Sandwich Community High SchoolHigh · 560 students
- Sandwich Middle SchoolMiddle · 420 students
- Herman E DummerElementary · 275 students
- Lynn G Haskin Elementary SchoolElementary · 226 students
- Prairie View Elementary SchoolElementary · 221 students
- Indian Valley Area Voc CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Herman E Dummer0.5 mi · 275
- Sandwich Middle School0.5 mi · 420
- Sandwich Community High School0.6 mi · 560
- Lynn G Haskin Elementary School0.6 mi · 226
- Prairie View Elementary School0.9 mi · 221
- James R Wood Elementary School3.8 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About W W Woodbury Elementary SchoolHow large is W W Woodbury Elementary School?
W W Woodbury Elementary School enrolls approximately 170 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does W W Woodbury Elementary School serve?
W W Woodbury Elementary School serves grades PK-03.
How many teachers does W W Woodbury Elementary School have?
W W Woodbury Elementary School employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the student diversity at W W Woodbury Elementary School?
Student demographics at W W Woodbury Elementary School are roughly 71% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees W W Woodbury Elementary School?
W W Woodbury Elementary School is overseen by Sandwich CUSD 430 in DeKalb County.
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