Woodlan Elementary School

Woodlan Elementary School is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Woodburn, Indiana, one of the schools within East Allen County Schools, educateing 572 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Woodlan Elementary School sits 31% above that benchmark.

Woodlan Elementary School is one of 15 schools operated by East Allen County Schools, a district that serves 10,136 students overall.

On demographics, Woodlan Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest looks like 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Woodlan Elementary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Woodlan Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.4%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of +0.9 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Allen County) shows that median household income runs about $70,737, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Allen County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,262 students), of which Woodlan Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Woodlan Jr/Sr High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Woodlan Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 32.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Woodlan Elementary School has grew 6%, going from 541 students in 2018 to 572 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 93% to 85% over that span.

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