Woodland Elem School

Located at 701 3rd Ave, in Joliet, Illinois, Woodland Elem School is an average-sized elementary campus that educates 368 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Joliet PSD 86.

Joliet PSD 86 runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 9,333 students. Woodland Elem School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Woodland Elem School reports that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 18% Black, 2% White. By comparison, Will County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Woodland Elem School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Will County's rate of about 44%.

With demographic context factored in, Woodland Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.6%; this one delivers 19.7%.

Around the school, Will County reports that median household income runs about $109,984, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Will County's 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), Woodland Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Edna Keith Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Woodland Elem School. On composite proficiency, Woodland Elem School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 28.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Woodland Elem School's enrollment has ticked down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 431 (now 368). Hispanic enrollment moved from 65% to 77% across the same window.

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