Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOLIET PSD 86·NCES 172058002347
Woodland Elementary School
701 3rd Ave, Joliet, IL 60433 · (815) 723-2808 · Will County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
350 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 13 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
27.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
21.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.2% | 21.6% |
| 2023-24 | 12.2% | 9.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 (19.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Elementary School this school | 368 | 95.1% | 19.7% |
| T E Culbertson Elementary School Joliet | 377 | 92.3% | 27.8% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Chicago Heights | 353 | 98.9% | 33.6% |
| Christopher Elementary School Chicago | 315 | 95.9% | 17.0% |
| Fulton Elementary School Chicago | 321 | 98.1% | 12.7% |
| Isaac Singleton Elementary School Joliet | 304 | 95.1% | 18.9% |
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 Woodland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Will County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #1,618 of 1,925 | #85 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #1,545 of 2,077 ▲ 91 | #85 of 100 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #1,740 of 2,077 ▲ 124 | #91 of 100 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #1,161 of 2,419 | #78 of 116 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,857 of 2,035 | #97 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.3% | #1,247 of 2,042 | #90 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #149 of 2,132 | #8 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #680 of 1,461 | #35 of 71 |
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
368
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
+92% since 1990-91, when it was 192
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 | 368 | 21.5 | 17.1:1 | 95% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 22.2 | 17.6:1 | 94% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 19.2 | 17.6:1 | 92% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 26.6 | 16.2:1 | 100% (431) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 100% (474) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 25 | 21.3:1 | 82% (438) |
| 2000-01 | 293 | 13 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 192 | 10 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (431 to 368); teachers down 19% (26.6 to 21.5).
About Woodland Elementary School
Woodland Elementary School sits in Joliet, Illinois, and is classified as an elementary school. The school enrolls 368 students in kindergarten through 5.
Joliet PSD 86 is responsible for 20 schools, Woodland Elementary School included, with 9,333 students in all.
The share of Hispanic students at Woodland Elementary School is 77%, a majority. After that, the student body is 18% Black and 2% White. Census figures show Will County is about 20% Hispanic. A diversity index of 36% means there is a 36% chance two randomly chosen students at Woodland Elementary School are from different groups.
Woodland Elementary School reported 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.1:1. Elementary schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.9:1. Roughly 95% of students at Woodland Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Will County averages 44%, lower than here.
Woodland Elementary School scores 19.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 16.6%.
In the wider Will County area, the median household earns about $109,984 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Woodland Elementary School shares Will County with 208 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Edna Keith Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Woodland Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Woodland Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Woodland Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
In 2020-21, Woodland Elementary School enrolled 362; in 2024-25, 368.
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Will County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
701,462
Census ACS
Median income
$109,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
209
113,008 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Joliet PSD 86
- Hufford Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,072 students
- Washington Jr High & Academy PrgmMiddle · 724 students
- Dirksen Junior High SchoolMiddle · 653 students
- Sator Sanchez Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- Pershing Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Lynne Thigpen Elementary SchoolElementary · 620 students
Other schools in Joliet
- Joliet West High SchoolHigh · 3,451 students
- Joliet Central High SchoolHigh · 3,295 students
- Hufford Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,072 students
- Aux Sable Middle SchoolMiddle · 844 students
- Washington Jr High & Academy PrgmMiddle · 724 students
- Dirksen Junior High SchoolMiddle · 653 students
Other Woodland Elementary schools
39 other US public schools in 23 states are named Woodland Elementary. Woodland Elementary School is the 26th largest of the 40.
- Woodland ElementaryGages Lake, IL · 1,386 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolEdwardsville, IL · 417 students
- Woodland ElementaryGreer, SC · 1,293 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolAtlanta, GA · 851 students
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLZEPHYRHILLS, FL · 792 students
Nearby schools
- Edna Keith Elementary School0.5 mi · 402
- Washington Jr High & Academy Prgm0.6 mi · 724
- Joliet Central High School0.8 mi · 3,295
- T E Culbertson Elementary School1.0 mi · 377
- A O Marshall Elementary School1.2 mi · 246
- Eisenhower Academy1.5 mi · 209
Frequently asked questions
About Woodland Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Woodland Elementary School?
Woodland Elementary School enrolls approximately 368 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Woodland Elementary School serve?
Woodland Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Woodland Elementary School have?
Woodland Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Woodland Elementary School?
At Woodland Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 77% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Woodland Elementary School public or private?
Woodland Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Joliet PSD 86.
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