Woodland Middle School

As a roomy junior high in Gurnee, Illinois, Woodland Middle School serves 1,541 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Woodland CCSD 50. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 234% bigger than typical.

Woodland CCSD 50 comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 4,563 students; Woodland Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Woodland Middle School lists that 38% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 36% White, 10% Asian, 10% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 133 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at Woodland Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Woodland Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.7%; this one delivers 39.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Lake County put the typical household earns roughly $110,416 per year, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Woodland Middle School is one of 214 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students).

Warren Township High 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 Middle School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodland Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.9%.

Woodland Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Woodland Middle School has declined 23%, going from 1,991 students in 2018 to 1,541 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 44% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Woodland Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.