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What's something Woodland Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,541
Middle
DISTRICT 1,141 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODLAND CCSD 50·NCES 174311004324
Woodland Middle School
7000 Washington St, Gurnee, IL 60031 · (847) 856-3421 · Lake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,541 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Illinois public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
133 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
582 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 487 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 499 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 555 | 36% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Woodland CCSD 50. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
51.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.1pp since 2023
Math
28.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.4% | 28.7% |
| 2023-24 | 37.3% | 26.6% |
% 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
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Middle School
Woodland Middle School's state test result (39.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Middle School this school | 1,541 | 37.8% | 39.8% |
| Dundee Middle School Dundee | 1,144 | 36.7% | 53.1% |
| Kenyon Woods Middle School South Elgin | 873 | 37.8% | 45.0% |
| John F Kennedy Middle School Plainfield | 912 | 35.2% | 54.7% |
| Fischer Middle School Aurora | 861 | 34.5% | 45.0% |
| Timber Ridge Middle School Plainfield | 885 | 40.1% | 41.3% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #332 of 578 | #16 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #367 of 640 ▼ 69 | #27 of 44 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #388 of 640 ▲ 40 | #26 of 44 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,541 | #2 of 691 | #1 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #141 of 558 | #23 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #37 of 560 | #2 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #398 of 581 | #19 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #66 of 440 | #5 of 34 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,541
-341 (-18%) vs 2020
+202% since 1990-91, when it was 510
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 | 1,541 | 133 | 11.6:1 | 38% (582) |
| 2023-24 | 1,557 | 134 | 11.6:1 | 40% (619) |
| 2022-23 | 1,668 | 130 | 12.8:1 | 37% (612) |
| 2020-21 | 1,882 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,991 | 140.2 | 14.2:1 | 34% (682) |
| 2015-16 | 2,154 | 151 | 14.3:1 | 29% (632) |
| 2010-11 | 2,336 | 159 | 14.7:1 | 25% (582) |
| 2000-01 | 2,090 | 137 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 510 | 32 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodland Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (1,991 to 1,541); teachers down 5% (140.2 to 133).
About Woodland Middle School
Woodland Middle School is a large middle school for students in Gurnee, Illinois. It enrolls 1,541 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. The school is 234% bigger than the average for middle schools in Illinois.
Woodland CCSD 50 serves 4,563 students across 4 schools.
About 38% of students at Woodland Middle School are Hispanic, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 36% White, 10% Asian, 10% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Lake County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Woodland Middle School totals 133 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.6:1. The average for middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Woodland Middle School is about 38%. On average, public schools in Lake County report 54%.
Woodland Middle School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 23% of Illinois public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Woodland Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Illinois schools: 39.8% actual against 49.7% predicted.
The county, Lake County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $110,416 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Woodland Middle School, Lake County has 214 public schools.
Warren Township High School is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Woodland Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Woodland Middle School ranks 4th of 6 nearby schools, at 39.8% versus a 38.9% average.
Woodland Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 1,541, from 1,882 in 2020-21.
Woodland Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
714,223
Census ACS
Median income
$110,416
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
118,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Woodland CCSD 50
- Woodland ElementaryElementary · 1,386 students
- Woodland Intermediate SchoolElementary · 979 students
- Woodland Primary SchoolElementary · 657 students
Other schools in Gurnee
- Warren Township High SchoolHigh · 3,537 students
- Woodland Intermediate SchoolElementary · 979 students
- River Trail SchoolElementary · 471 students
- Viking SchoolMiddle · 461 students
- Spaulding Elementary SchoolElementary · 450 students
- Bridges Program ALOPHigh
Other Woodland Middle schools
11 other US public schools in 11 states are named Woodland Middle. Woodland Middle School is the largest of the 12.
- WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLEAST MEADOW, NY · 1,141 students
- WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLNORTH PORT, FL · 1,040 students
- Woodland Middle SchoolBrentwood, TN · 957 students
- Woodland Middle SchoolEast Point, GA · 937 students
- WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLCOEUR D'ALENE, ID · 747 students
Nearby schools
- Warren Township High School0.5 mi · 3,537
- Woodland Primary School0.8 mi · 657
- Woodland Elementary1.0 mi · 1,386
- Woodland Intermediate School1.2 mi · 979
- Prairie Crossing Charter School2.9 mi · 433
- Frederick School2.9 mi · 667
Frequently asked questions
About Woodland Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Woodland Middle School?
Woodland Middle School enrolls approximately 1,541 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Woodland Middle School serve?
Woodland Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Woodland Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodland Middle School is approximately 11.6:1 (133 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Woodland Middle School?
At Woodland Middle School, the student body is approximately 36% White, 38% Hispanic, 10% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Woodland Middle School in?
Woodland Middle School is part of Woodland CCSD 50.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.