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What's the biggest difference between Woodland Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
429
Elementary
DISTRICT 417 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKHART COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180327000447
Woodland Elementary School
1220 CR 3, Elkhart, IN 46514 · (574) 262-5578 · Elkhart County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL429 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
265 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 12% larger than its 6th grade class (57).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 57% · 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
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
27.7%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
24.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
23.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 (23.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Elementary School this school | 429 | 61.8% | 23.1% |
| Beiriger Elementary School Griffith | 426 | 59.9% | 45.4% |
| Riverview Elementary School Elkhart | 439 | 56.9% | 41.1% |
| Mary Daly Elementary School Elkhart | 476 | 63.9% | 10.2% |
| Fairmont Elementary School New Albany | 334 | 59.3% | 34.1% |
| Edgelea Elementary School Lafayette | 444 | 58.1% | 42.3% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Indiana | In Elkhart County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #806 of 983 | #31 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #814 of 986 | #31 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #733 of 986 | #25 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 429 | #540 of 1,079 | #17 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #775 of 991 | #28 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #65 of 996 | #1 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.8% | #319 of 1,058 | #11 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #95 of 597 | #4 of 28 |
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
429
-118 (-22%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 429 | 25.3 | 16.9:1 | 62% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 24 | 17.7:1 | 67% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 22 | 19.9:1 | 67% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 43 | 12.7:1 | 61% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 572 | 23 | 24.9:1 | 74% (425) |
| 2015-16 | 594 | 27 | 22.0:1 | 56% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 611 | 30 | 20.4:1 | 66% (404) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 30 | 19.4:1 | 54% (315) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 21 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodland Elementary School.
About Woodland Elementary School
Woodland Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in Elkhart, Indiana. It reports enrollment of 429 students in pre-K through 6.
Elkhart Community Schools runs Woodland Elementary School along with 18 other schools, enrolling 10,640 students in total.
About 39% of students at Woodland Elementary School are Hispanic, the largest single group. It is also 32% White, 15% multiracial, and 13% Black. Elkhart County's residents are about 20% Hispanic, 19 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Indiana, 15.5:1, is lower. Of all students at Woodland Elementary School, 62% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 51% average for public schools in Elkhart County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Woodland Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 14% of Indiana public elementary schools.
The model predicts 31.8% for a school in Indiana with Woodland Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Woodland Elementary School posts 23.1%.
The school's county is Elkhart County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $68,561 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Woodland Elementary School shares Elkhart County with 59 other public schools.
Elkhart High School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Woodland Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Woodland Elementary School ranks 3rd of 6 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Woodland Elementary School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 429, down from 547 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 12.7:1 to 16.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Elkhart County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,132
Census ACS
Median income
$68,561
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
33,574 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elkhart Community Schools
- Elkhart High SchoolHigh · 3,073 students
- West Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- North Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 563 students
- Roosevelt STEAM AcademyElementary · 531 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Pinewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
Other schools in Elkhart
- Elkhart High SchoolHigh · 3,073 students
- Concord Community High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Concord Junior High SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- Concord Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 756 students
- Jimtown Intermediate SchoolElementary · 580 students
- West Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
Other Woodland Elementary schools
39 other US public schools in 23 states are named Woodland Elementary. Woodland Elementary School is the 19th largest of the 40.
- Woodland Elementary SchoolLafayette, IN · 601 students
- Woodland ElementaryGages Lake, IL · 1,386 students
- Woodland ElementaryGreer, SC · 1,293 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolAtlanta, GA · 851 students
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLZEPHYRHILLS, FL · 792 students
Nearby schools
- Elkhart High School0.3 mi · 3,073
- West Side Middle School1.1 mi · 569
- Mary Daly Elementary School1.3 mi · 476
- Cleveland Elementary School1.8 mi · 519
- North Side Middle School2.2 mi · 563
- Beardsley Elementary School2.8 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About Woodland Elementary SchoolHow large is Woodland Elementary School?
Woodland Elementary School enrolls approximately 429 students in grades PK-06.
Is Woodland Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Woodland Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Woodland Elementary School have?
Woodland Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
How diverse is Woodland Elementary School?
Woodland Elementary School reports a student body of 32% White, 39% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Woodland Elementary School public or private?
Woodland Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elkhart Community Schools.
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